Bang Chan : : Social History of a Rural Community in Thailand / / Lucien M. Hanks, Lauriston Sharp.

• VerfasserIn: Sharp, Lauriston,; Hanks, Lucien M.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hanks, Lucien M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press,, [2018]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in Anthropology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 pages)

Bang Chan traces the changing cultural characteristics of a small Siamese village during the century and a quarter from its founding as a wilderness settlement outside Bangkok to its absorption into the urban spread of the Thai capital. Rich in ethnographic detail, the book sums up the major findings of a pioneering interdisciplinary research project that began in 1948. Changes in Bang Chan's social organization, technology, economy, governance, education, and religion are portrayed in the context of local and national developments.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. Departure -- CHAPTER 2. The Dispensable Ones -- CHAPTER 3. Newcomers -- CHAPTER 4. Migration -- CHAPTER 5. The New Life -- CHAPTER 6. Patrons and Their Work -- CHAPTER 7. Years of Austerity -- CHAPTER 8. Transformation Scene -- CHAPTER 9. Five Perspectives -- Appendix A. Schooling of Bang Chan population by age and sex, 1953 -- APPENDIX B. Bang Chan school enrollment, fourth-grade enrollment, number graduating from fourth grade , and number entering middle school, 1937-1 960 -- APPENDIX C. Responses of 363 fourth-grade rural and urban schoolchildren aged 11-14 in 1954 to question: "When you are 25 years old, what kind of work would you like to be doing?" -- APPENDIX D. Religious affiliation and experience of Bang Chan males, by age group, 1949 -- APPENDIX E. Price range of padi, land. and land rent in Bang Chan , 1880-1953 (in baht) -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index