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Bang Chan : social history of a rural community in Thailand by Lauriston Sharp & Lucien M Hanks [Sharp, Lauriston & Hanks, Lucien M] is a social science available to read on EtoBox.

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Bang Chan traces the changing cultural characteristics of a small Siamese village during the century and a quarter from its founding as a wilderness settlement outside Bangkok to its absorption into the urban spread of the Thai capital. Rich in ethnographic detail, the book sums up the major findings of a pioneering interdisciplinary research project that began in 1948. Changes in Bang Chan's social organization, technology, economy, governance, education, and religion are portrayed in the conte

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Author

Lauriston Sharp & Lucien M Hanks [Sharp, Lauriston & Hanks, Lucien M]

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501721403

Category

social science

Subjects

Sociology, Anthropology, Science

Updated

2026-03-25