{"product_id":"tai-lands-and-thailand-andrew-walker-9780824833596","title":"Tai Lands and Thailand: Community and the State in Southeast Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eStudies of the Tai world often treat \"state\" and \"community\" as polar opposites: the state produces administrative uniformity and commercialization while community sustains tradition, local knowledge, and subsistence economy. This assumption leads to the conclusion that the traditional community is undermined by the modern forces of state incorporation and market penetration. States rule and communities resist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTai Lands and Thailand takes a very different view. Using thematic and ethnographic studies from Thailand, Laos, Burma, and southern China, the authors describe modern forms of community where state power intersects with markets, livelihoods, and aspirations. Modern community is not easily created nor is it inevitable, but rapid social and economic change in the Tai world has provided many opportunities for new forms of communal belonging to emerge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTai Lands and Thailand opens up fresh perspectives on a region in transition, and the discussion promises to inform future studies of contemporary sociality in Southeast Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824833597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824833596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 58","brand":"Andrew Walker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438024634623,"sku":"9780824833596","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b84adaa3-eccf-4f6d-b06c-e8f79c4de560.jpg?v=1777168286","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tai-lands-and-thailand-andrew-walker-9780824833596","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}