Ghosts of the new city : spirits, urbanity, and the ruins of progress in Chiang Mai /

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Chiang Mai (literally, "new city") suffered badly in the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the Northern Thai real estate bubble collapsed along with the Thai baht, crushing dreams of a renaissance of Northern prosperity. Years later, the ruins of the excesses of the 1990s still stain the skyl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Johnson, Andrew Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2014.
Series:Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory.
Subjects:
Urban renewal > Thailand > Chiang Mai > Public opinion.
Haunted places > Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Rénovation urbaine > Thaïlande > Chiangmai > Opinion publique.
Lieux hantés > Thaïlande > Chiangmai.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Haunted places.
Public opinion.
Urban renewal > Public opinion.
Religionsethnologie
Therawada
Volksreligion
Religionsausübung
Geisterglaube
Ahnenkult
Stadtforschung
Chiang Mai (Thailand) > Public opinion.
Thailand > Chiang Mai.
Thailand
Königreich Lanna
Thailand.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the broken building
  • Progress and its ruins
  • Foundations
  • Mediums
  • Lanna style
  • Rebuilding Lanna
  • Conclusion: the city doesn't have a future.

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