{"product_id":"bang-chan-social-history-of-a-rural-community-in-thailand-9780801408588","title":"Bang Chan: Social History of a Rural Community in Thailand","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lauriston Sharp | Lucien M. Hanks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - Rural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBang Chan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e traces the changing cultural characteristics of a small Siamese village during the century and a quarter from its founding as a wilderness settlement outside Bangkok to its absorption into the urban spread of the Thai capital.\u003c\/b\u003e Rich in ethnographic detail, the book sums up the major findings of a pioneering interdisciplinary research project that began in 1948. Changes in Bang Chan's social organization, technology, economy, governance, education, and religion are portrayed in the context of local and national developments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46472570503319,"sku":"9780801408588","price":6536.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801408588.jpg?v=1766254906","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bang-chan-social-history-of-a-rural-community-in-thailand-9780801408588","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}