In the twilight years of Thailand's ailing King Bhumibol, battles between royalists and their red shirt opponents a
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Language and Translations
Prologue
Introduction
Part I: King Bhumibol, Charisma, and Its Challengers
1. That Certain Something
2. A Tale of Two Gods
3. Transformation of Thai Authority and Its Social Foundations
Part II: The Politics of P(a)lace: Society and Architecture in Downtown Bangkok
4. Siam-Ratchaprasong and the Study of Thai Urban Space
5. The Politics of Space I
6. The Politics of Space II
Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index