Ghosts of the New City : Spirits, urbanity, and the ruins of progress in Chiang Mai
Author(s): Johnson, Andrew Alan
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- Ghosts of the New City : Spirits, urbanity, and the ruins of progress in Chiang Mai
- Author(s)
- Johnson, Andrew Alan
- Publisher
- Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2014
- Collation
- 190 p, : illustrations
23 cm. - Summary
- Chiang Mai (literally, "new city") suffered badly in the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the Northern Thai real estate bubble collapsed along with the Thai baht, crushing dreams of a renaissance of Northern prosperity. Years later, the runs of the excesses of the 1990s still stain the skyline. In Ghosts of the New City, Andrew Alan Johnson shows how the trauma of the crash, brought back vividly by the political crisis of 2006, haunts efforts to remake the city. The book draws new connections between urban history and popular religion that have implications far beyond Southeast Asia. -- Provided by publisher
- ISBN
- 9780824839710
- Dewey Class
- 307.3416
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Haunted places -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai.
Urban renewal -- Thailand -- Chiang Mai -- Public opinion. - BRN
- 11790
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-183) and index.
Availability
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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307.3416 JOH
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