Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945 / Warren, James A.  

Público ISBD Ningún comentario para este título. Título : Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945 Tipo de documento: documento electrónico Autores: Warren, James A. Editorial: Taylor & Francis Group Fecha de publicación: 2013 Número de páginas: 1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) : Il.: illustration ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-0-203-55210-0 Palabras clave:   Gambling  History.  Thailand Clasificación: 363.4/209593 Resumen: "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. Nota de contenido: bla 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. Enlace de acceso : https://elibro-net.biblioproxy.umanizales.edu.co/es/lc/umanizales/titulos/133525 Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945 [documento electrónico] / Warren, James A. . - Taylor & Francis Group, 2013 . - 1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) : : illustration. ISBN : 978-0-203-55210-0 Palabras clave:   Gambling  History.  Thailand Clasificación: 363.4/209593 Resumen: "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. Nota de contenido: bla 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. Enlace de acceso : https://elibro-net.biblioproxy.umanizales.edu.co/es/lc/umanizales/titulos/133525

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