LEADER 02376nam 22004813 450 001 996580163003316 005 20240124154533.0 010 $a9789048554782 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048554782 035 $a(CKB)29402640600041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31063336 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31063336 035 $a(DE-B1597)666204 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048554782 035 $a(OCoLC)1391758544 035 $a(EXLCZ)9929402640600041 100 $a20240122d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChiang Mai Between Empire and Modern Thailand $eA City in the Colonial Margins 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) 225 1 $aAsian Cities Series. 311 08$a9789463726467 330 $aUrban histories tend to be dominated by large, global cities. But what does the history of the modern, colonial era look like from the perspective of smaller cities? By shifting the focus from the metropolis to the secondary city of Chiang Mai, this study provides an alternative narrative of the formation of the modern Thai state that highlights the overlap between European, American, and Siamese interests. Through a detailed analysis of Chiang Mai's urban space, the power dynamics that shaped the city come into focus as an urban-scale manifestation of colonial forces-albeit an incomplete one that allowed sacred space to become a source of conflict that was only resolved in the years before WWII. Today, as the city confronts the challenge of overdevelopment, the legacy of the colonial era, and the opportunity of heritage preservation, this deep, multi-layered history of the power of (and over) urban space is vital. 410 0$aAsian cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 606 $aHISTORY / Asia / General$2bisacsh 607 $aThailand 610 $aAsian History, Urban History, Thai Studies, Asian Cities. 615 7$aHISTORY / Asia / General. 676 $a307.7609593 700 $aEasum$b Taylor$01575723 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a996580163003316 996 $aChiang Mai Between Empire and Modern Thailand$93852898 997 $aUNISA