02761oam 2200613I 450 991080008720332120240131143906.01-135-90900-80-203-55210-51-299-46937-X1-135-90893-110.4324/9780203552100 (CKB)2550000001019571(EBL)1170327(SSID)ssj0000873505(PQKBManifestationID)12323853(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873505(PQKBWorkID)10877810(PQKB)10242664(MiAaPQ)EBC1170327(Au-PeEL)EBL1170327(CaPaEBR)ebr10687139(CaONFJC)MIL478187(OCoLC)841171211(FINmELB)ELB133525(EXLCZ)99255000000101957120180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGambling, the state and society in Thailand, c. 1800-1945 /James A. WarrenAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (263 p.)Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ;82Description based upon print version of record.1-138-95636-8 0-415-53634-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ;82.GamblingThailandHistoryGamblingHistory.363.4/209593Warren James A.114465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910800087203321Gambling, the state and society in Thailand, c. 1800-19453874253UNINA