Gambling, the state and society in Thailand, c. 1800-1945 / James A. Warren.
"Charts the development of gambling in Thailand and relates it to the development of Thai state and society, showing how gambling was a fundamental issue hugely affecting political developments. It considers the difference between law and how law is enforced, outlining how the Thai elite, thoug...
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| Superior document: | Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 82 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ;
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 244 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Gambling and socio-economic change in nineteenth-century Siam
- Games, dens and players : gambling in nineteenth-century Thai society
- Gambling revenue and the creation of the modern Thai nation-state
- The Thai elite, anti-gambling and lawmaking
- The police and enforcement
- The judiciary, punishment and the prison
- The press and the Bangkok middle class
- Buddhism, the sangha and the silent majority
- The criminalization of vice : gambling policy in comparative perspective.