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Sixteen Years in the Land of Death by Nakhonkham Bouphanouvong
 Revolution and Reeducation in Laos Sixteen Years in the Land of Death: Revolution and Reeducation in Laos, is the account of the life of Nakhonkham Bouphanouvong, a Lao man who survived incarceration from 1975 to 1991 in the communist run reeducation camps located in the province of Huaphan in northeastern Laos. During that time he suffered through hard labor, torture and near starvation along with many other high-ranking Royal Lao government and army officials, many of whom did not live to tell of their own experience. Prior to his imprisonment Nakhonkham endured three decades of civil war in Laos. He left the capital city of Vientiane and his life as a student behind in 1945 to join the nationalistic Lao Issara movement where he worked as a soldier, propagandist and writer through the 1950's. Nakhontham later witnessed the Lao Issara's transformation in eastern Laos into a fully-fledged communist revolution. |
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In Search of Sunlight by Pim Koetsawang
Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand In Search of Sunlight. Since the repressive military regime (SLORC - now SPDC) seized power from the former military government (BSPP) led by General Ne Win in Burma in 1988, the Burmese people have suffered increasingly untold repression and intolerable living conditions. For many, flight to Thailand has become a savior, not just to earn money on which to live, but merely to survive. On the Thai side of the border, some have faced almost equally repressive working and living conditions and an uncaring Thai government that has vacillated in its official attitude towards migrant workers. The journey to the new country too, is fraught with dangers, dishonesty and double-dealings, much of it from Thai and Burmese government officials and private entrepreneurs alike. The author has lived amongst and visited such people, both along the Thai/Burma border and in migrant communities close to Bangkok. She has documented their stories and their plight, and presents a harrowing picture of a powerless group caught between two evils, merely seeking to eke out a living under adverse conditions. The book exposes the maltreatment such people receive and explains their plight and motivations for making the move. |
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From Condoms to Cabbages by Thomas D'Agnes - paperback
An Authorized Biography of Mechai Viravaidya In Thailand a condom is called a "Mechai". Mechai Viravaidya has used this contraceptive device to promote family planning and later as a preventive measure against HIV/Aids. But there's more to this man than condoms and birth control. This book provides many fascinating insights about the man who represents a juxtaposition of East and West. It shows how he has used social marketing, wits and charisma to good effect in his relentless quest to improve the livelihood of the poor. It explains why Mechai has been labeled a visionary iconoclast and cheerful revolutionary all the way through his working life. Thomas D'Agnes spent 22 years living in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Laos working in family planning and public health. he worked with Mechai at the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) in Thailand from 1978-82. He currently teaches at the University of Southern California International Public Policy and Management Program. |
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A Postmans Life: Prasit Lulitanond
A Postman's Life is an oral auto-biography of the late Prasit Lulitanond (1910-1997) who, along with Alexander MacDonald, founded the Bangkok Post in 1946. It's the life of a man who witnessed the revolution that brought an end to Thailand's absolute monarchy... a man who was an active member of a war-time underground movement against the occupying Japanese force...a man who was jailed for his collaboration with 1949 coup d'etat. This little book is a personal account enlivened with inside stories of historical events. It provides a rare glimpse into Thailand's pre-war and post-war politics and how the Bangkok Post came into being. |
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Angels and Devils by David Murray
A Struggle for Democracy Angels and Devils. A detailed account of the events in Thailand from the military coup in 1991 to the elections in 1992, when the democratic forces, or "angels" as they were popularly referred to, won the election and formed the government. The period under review can be seen as an important watershed in Thai political development, with the traditional military/bureaucratic leadership trying to cling to power in an age of increasing internationalism and globalization, and with a growing middle class demanding a more democratic form of government. Although the book very clearly focuses on Thailand, the events described and analyzed are placed within the broader framework of the development of democracy in the international setting, and the relevance of various models of democratic development to the Thai situation. |
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Thailand's Crisis by Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker
The Economic Disaster of 1997 - 2000 This book is not so much about getting into a crisis as getting through one. It reviews what the IMF did, who got hurt, what worked, and what failed in the economic and social management of the crisis. It shows how political change got bound up with economic crisis, resulting in a new constitution, a seismic shift in the political landscape, and greater assertiveness by civil society. It examines how the economic turmoil changed the ways people reacted to political scandal, viewed their own society, and imagined the future. This is a lucid and highly readable account of how Thailand reacted as a society and culture to its worst-ever economic disaster. The final chapters review the changes and lessons from 1997-2000 and speculate on how these changes will frame the future. Pasuk Phongpaichit is a professor of economics at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Chris Baker is a freelance writer. Together they have authored Thailand's Boom and Bust and several other works on modern Thailand. |
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Thai Law: Buddhist Law, edited by Andrew Huxley
Essays on the Legal History of Thailand, Laos and Burma Thai Law: Buddhist Law. Between 1880 and 1930 Thai law was modernized. Using the French civil code as their model, the kings of Siam recast traditional Thai law into western form. This book describes Thai law as it was before 1880. For at least five hundred years, perhaps a thousand years, the Thai have used written law books. During the last twenty years Thai scholars have systematically searched for these law books through the book chests of monasteries. As a result there is now a very large number of legal manuscripts available for study. In this book six experts describe the new discoveries and assess how much our view of traditional Thai law has to change. The essays have a regional focus, dealing with the Northern Thai traditions of Lanna, the provincial cities of central Thailand, the Southern Kingdom based on Nakhon Si Thammarat, the law texts of Laos, the new discoveries in Burma and finally with Bangkok and its famous Three Seals Code. |
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Chronology of SE Asian History by Duncan Stearn
A Year by Year Step Through South-East Asian History This pioneer study encompasses the key events that have shaped and are currently shaping the ten nations which make up south-east Asia, (namely Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).Some examples of the type of information to be found in this ground-breaking work: Who was the longest reigning monarch of the 20th. century? See the year 1959. After Warsaw which was the most destroyed city of the Second World War? See the year 1944. In which country was cock-fighting governed by over 100 clauses? See the year 1861. What Malaysian island became the main distribution centre for the opium trade? See the year 1786. Which Philippines governor murdered his wife and her lover yet remained in office? See the year 1622. What country resisted all attempts at conversion to Christianity? See the year 1556. |
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Bangkok Then and Now by Steve Van Beek
Bangkok Then and Now by Steve Van Beek "A tribute to a great city." Bangkok Post "Written with remarkable wit and tied together deftly with the magic string of a skilled storyteller." The Nation Already a classic, this fascinating book looks at one of Asia’s most exotic cities from the inside out. The informative, entertaining text by a 30-year resident will enthrall even those who have never visited Thailand. Photos taken in 1900 and set beside photos shot in exactly the same spot 100 years later provide a graphic portrait of the surprising changes the city has undergone. Articles from the Bangkok Times of 1900 (the voices of the people themselves) reveal the often hilarious challenges that gripped residents a century ago. Discover how Bangkok became what it is today, and add a rich dimension to your appreciation of one of the world’s great cities. |
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Siam Mapped by Thongchai Winichakul
This unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the nineteenth century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation. Having been a prominent member of the student movement in the 1970's, Thongchai Winichakul was arrested on trumped up charges after the massacre of student demonstrators at Thammasat University in 1975. His case was dropped in the amnesty of 1978. He has since returned to academic life and is currently assistant professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. |
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