Chiang Mai between Empire and Modern Thailand A City in the Colonial Margins

Urban 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 for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Easum, Taylor
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2023 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:	1
Series:	Asian Cities
Subjects:	Asia Asian Cities Asian History Asian Studies Colonialism & Post-colonialism History Political Science Social Science Sociology Thai Studies Urban Urban History Urban Studies Urbanization Urban economics Colonialism and imperialism South Asian History, Urban History, Thai Studies, Asian Cities Thailand AUP Wetenschappelijk South East Asia Urban Asia Sociology POLITICAL SCIENCE China General SOCIAL SCIENCE City and town planning — architectural aspects Asian Studies France Heritage and Memory Studies HISTORY Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
ISBN:	9789463726467, 9463726462, 1041176724, 9781041176725, 9789048554782, 9048554780
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Front Matter Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Note on Transliteration and Sources Acknowledgements Introduction: 1: The City Founded 2: The City Stabilized 3: The Region Transformed 4: The City Reshaped 5: The New City and the New State Conclusion: Glossary Bibliography Index Back Matter
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Note on Transliteration and Sources -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Reading Urban Space in the Colonial Margins -- The Urban Space of Chiang Mai -- Organization of the Book -- Chapter Bibliography -- 1 The City Founded: A Deep Urban History of Chiang Mai -- Urban Genesis in the Mainland -- The Foundation of the "New City" -- Center, Hinterland, Region -- Conclusion -- Chapter Bibliography -- 2 The City Stabilized: The Kawila Restoration and Chiang Mai in the Nineteenth Century -- Chiang Mai Abandoned -- Chiang Mai Rebuilt -- The Nineteenth-Century Logic(s) of Chiang Mai's Urban Space -- Conclusion -- Chapter Bibliography -- 3 The Region Transformed: Forests and Foreigners and State Formation in Chiang Mai and "The North" -- Lanna's "Second Golden Age" -- Shifting the Balance -- Siamese State Formation in the North - A "Silent Revolution"? -- Conclusion -- Chapter Bibliography -- 4 The City Reshaped: Power and Urban Space in Micro-Colonial Chiang Mai -- Spaces of Power - The Old Town -- Chiang Mai and the Development of a "Dual City"? -- Spatial Transitions -- Conclusion -- Chapter Bibliography -- 5 The New City and the New State: Chiang Mai's Sacred Space and Siam -- The Decline of Sacro-Spatial Legitimacy in the Chiang Mai State -- Khruba Siwichai, the State, and the Restoration of Sacred Space(s) -- Conclusion -- Chapter Bibliography -- Conclusion: Writing Urban Space in the Heart of the City -- Chapter Bibliography -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index