Title Thailand's boom and bust / Pasuk Phongpaichit, Chris Baker

Published Chiang Mai : Silkworm Books, 1998

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Description 367 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm Contents 1. A Different Country -- 2. "Pillow and Mat" Capitalism -- 3. Going Global -- 4. Raising a Tigercub -- 5. Bubbling Over -- 6. Manpower and Womanpower -- 7. City Thais -- 8. The Abandoned Village -- 9. Opening Up Politics -- 10. Wrestling with Democracy -- 11. Under the Boom -- 12. Boom, Bust, and Beyond Summary "This book is about the transformation of a country over one roller-coaster decade. It is about the economics of boom and bust, but also about the politics, the social changes, and the popular culture."--BOOK JACKET Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index SUBJECT Thailand -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002769 -- 1945- Thailand -- Economic conditions -- 1986- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005541 Thailand -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002769 Thailand -- Economic policy -- 1986- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005553 Thailand -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002661 Thailand http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059683 -- Foreign economic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005782 -- Japan. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78089021 Thailand -- Politics and government -- 1945-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005513 Thailand -- Politics and government -- 1988- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005518 Thailand -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002109 Thailand -- Social conditions -- 1986- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005539 Thailand -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002662 Author Baker, Christopher John, 1948- LC no. 98949323 ISBN 9747100576

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