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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452668003321

Autore

Warren James A.

Titolo

Gambling, the state and society in Thailand, c. 1800-1945 / / James A. Warren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-55210-5

1-299-46937-X

1-135-90893-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; ; 82

Disciplina

363.4/209593

Soggetti

Gambling - Thailand - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gambling and socio-economic change in nineteenth-century Siam -- Games, dens and players : gambling in nineteenth-century Thai society -- Gambling revenue and the creation of the modern Thai nation-state -- The Thai elite, anti-gambling and lawmaking -- The police and enforcement -- The judiciary, punishment and the prison -- The press and the Bangkok middle class -- Buddhism, the sangha and the silent majority -- The criminalization of vice : gambling policy in comparative perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

"Charts the development of gambling in Thailand and relates it to the development of Thai state and society, showing how gambling was a fundamental issue hugely affecting political developments. It considers the difference between law and how law is enforced, outlining how the Thai elite, though professing opposition to gambling, often both tolerated and profited from it, as did the police"--Provided by publisher.