A01=Bruce London
Author_Bruce London
Bangkok Metropolis
Bangkok-Thonburi Metropolis
Category=JP
center periphery theory
Central Government
Central Thai
City Hinterland Relationships
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Free Holders
Hill Tribes
Human Ecology
internal colonialism
Khon Muang
Modern Thai History
political elites Southeast Asia
Pontoons Floating
primary-export-oriented economy
Primate City
qualitative case study Bangkok
Social Organization
Social Science Research Council Committee
social stratification Thailand
sociological theory
Thai Elite
Thai History
Thai Modernization
Thai Political
Thailand's sovereignty
Urban Primacy
urban rural power dynamics Thailand
urban sociology
War Ii
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367021641
- Weight: 450g
- Dimensions: 149 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This qualitative study of the relationships between one primate city, Bangkok, and its hinterland, the Thai nation, breaks new ground in general sociological theory, redirects the study of city-hinterland relationships, and presents an interpretation of Thai political history that departs significantly from conventional analyses. Professor London finds a direct correlation between the nature of intergroup relationships and the type of parasitism or internal colonialism evident in center-periphery relationships. He concludes that Bangkok, through the operations of its decision-making elite, has historically been parasitic on the Thai nation and that primate city parasitism is essentially a political phenomenon, more complex than has been previously suggested.
