Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and index. "An ethnography of the community of Pom Mahakan in Bangkok who faces eviction in the name of urban renewal"--Publisher info.
Contents:
Preface -- Claiming culture -- Community, city, and polity -- The state and the city -- Law, courtesy, and the tactics of temporality -- Currents and countercurrents -- Time, sound, and rhythm -- The polity in miniature -- Building the future of the past.
Summary:
"An ethnography of the community of Pom Mahakan in Bangkok who faces eviction in the name of urban renewal"--Publisher info.
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