Tracks and Traces
Thailand and the Work of Andrew Turton
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
Through an examination of the work of a renowned scholar of Thailand, Tracks and Traces offers a wealth of insight into this dynamic and rapidly changing country. Andrew Turton’s anthropological studies of Thailand cover a wide spectrum, from politics and economy to ritual and culture, and have been crucial in shaping evolving understandings of Thai society. In this collection, ten leading specialists on Thailand from a variety of disciplines provide critical analyses of Turton’s scholarship.
List of Tables, Figures, and Photographs
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Philip Hirsch and Nicholas Tapp
1. Opening Reflections: Northeastern Thai Ethnoregionalism Updated
Charles Keyes
2. Transforming Agrarian Transformation in a Globalizing Thailand
Anan Ganjanapan and Philip Hirsch
3. Local Leaders and the State in Thailand
Paul T. Cohen
4. Roots of Ongoing Conflict: Reflections on Andrew Turton’s Analysis of Thailand in the 1970s
Jim Glassman
5. Censorship and Authoritative Forms of Discourse: A Reconsideration of Thai Constructions of Knowledge
Nicholas Tapp
6. ‘Modernising Subjects’: Moral-Political Contests in Thailand’s Drive Toward Modernity
Jamaree Chiengthong
7. An Early Critical Foray into Participation in Thailand
Jonathan Rigg
8. Thai Institutions of Slavery: Their Economic and Cultural Setting
Craig J. Reynolds
9. British Diplomatic Missions to Tai States in the Early Modern Period: A Reappraisal
Volker Grabowsky
Appendix: Andrew Turton—A Select Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
References
Index
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
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