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Ghosts of the New City : Spirits, Urbanity, and the Ruins of Progress in Chiang Mai /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Johnson, Andrew Alan (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: the broken building
  • Progress and its ruins
  • Foundations
  • Mediums
  • Lanna style
  • Rebuilding Lanna
  • Conclusion: the city doesn't have a future.