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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia |
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Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia.
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| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of figures""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""Explanatory notes""; ""Introduction""; ""National assertion and the Cold War in Southeast Asia: Thailand’s case""; ""The emergence of a self-aware ‘national’ community""; ""Thai distinctiveness and US imperialism""; ""Structure of this book""; ""Notes""; ""1. ‘A theatre with two stages’: Jim Thompson’s Thailand""; ""Imagining an age of abundance""; ""American national character in a climate of victory""; ""Thailand: Oasis on a Troubled Continent"" |
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""Adorning progress with morality: Thai silk as a global commodity""""Thompson’s Thailand: a theatre with two stages""; ""Notes""; ""2. In and out of Vogue: dressing for progress before and after 1945""; ""Consumed by progress: nation building following the 1932 revolution""; ""Dress and development in the ‘new’ Thai nation""; ""Dressing for war, imagining the future.""; ""Dress and Bangkok’s post-war media: chasing elusive abundance""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3. If not ‘Great’, then what? Rethinking Thainess in post-war Bangkok""; ""Thai culture and behaviour"" |
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""Culture, politics and ‘American friends’ in post-war Bangkok""""Kukrit Pramoj and the ‘democratisation’ of Thainess""; ""‘The fields are full of rice’: area studies and the re-thinking of Thainess""; ""Re-consuming Thainess""; ""Notes""; ""4. Cultural spectacle, political authority and the subversion of Thai modernity""; ""State spectacle from World War to Cold War""; ""US psychological strategy and the search for an alternative politics""; ""Phibun and the twenty-fifth Buddhist Centennial""; ""Representing disunity""; ""Notes"" |
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""5. The Tourist Organisation of Thailand and Cold War propaganda""""The ideological location of Thai culture and the Sarit revolution""; ""The Tourist Organisation of Thailand and Cold War ideology""; ""Tourism and global culture""; ""Free world citizenship and cultural representation""; ""Trips into Thainess""; ""An uneasy development""; ""Notes""; ""6. It’s a small world after all: Thailand’s integration into free world culture""; ""Marking integration: the world tour of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit""; ""Thai cosmopolitanism and the free world""; ""Victory on the world stage"" |
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""The ghost of the ‘good’ American""""Notes""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
"Thailand's position during the Cold War was ambiguous: the country's political leadership was very keen to maintain the country's independence on the world stage, yet at the same time was anxious to establish the country's credentials as staunchly anti-communist. However, as this book argues, Thailand, though never formally a client state of the United States, was very closely embedded in the Western camp through the commitment of Thailand's cosmopolitan urban communities to developing a modern, consumerist lifestyle. Considering popular culture, including film, literature, fashion, tourism and attitudes towards Buddhism, the book shows how an ideology of consumerism and integration into a "free world" culture centred in the United States gradually took hold and became firmly established, and how this popular culture and ideology was fundamental in determining Thailand's international political alignment"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Popular culture -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century
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Cold War.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
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Diplomatic relations
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Popular culture
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Thailand -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Thailand
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Thailand -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1988.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005527
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Thailand
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317704072 |
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131770407X |
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9781317704089 |
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1317704088 |
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9781317704065 |
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1317704061 |
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