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Johnh · 30th July 2008, 11:05

Concur with Bubba re Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit. Anything by them is worth reading.

Try Thai Identity in the Age of Globalisation in National Identity Thailand and its Defenders: Thailand Today Craig J.Reynolds (ed.). The book provides a series of papers on far ranging aspects of Thailand from language to the concept of the Thai village.

Neils Mulder, an anthropologist, has written some interesting stuff about the linkage between the Thai education system, especially reagrding social studies, and so called, Thai identity. Inside Thai Society by Niels Mulder Religion - Everyday Life - Change and Thai Images: The Culture of the Public world
They are a little heavy going at times, but the key ideas are well expressed. If you are involved with teaching at schools here, the books should give you great insight into the mindset of the professional educators at the Min of Ed. and how they select and channel so called academic material into the system, and that their core ideas and teaching methodologies are still extant.

Finally, Pen & Sail: Literature and History in Early Bangkok by Nidhi Eoseewong is, in my opinion, a great read, especially as an insight into the way history has been created and managed in Thailand. It also offers an intelligent overview of early Bangkok and the litrature of Sunthon Phu.

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Johnh Johnh is sometimes grumpy, always hopeful Cheeky Monkey Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 54 vCash: 500 Rep Power: 0	Re: Good books about Thailand Concur with Bubba re Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit. Anything by them is worth reading. Try Thai Identity in the Age of Globalisation in National Identity Thailand and its Defenders: Thailand Today Craig J.Reynolds (ed.). The book provides a series of papers on far ranging aspects of Thailand from language to the concept of the Thai village. Neils Mulder, an anthropologist, has written some interesting stuff about the linkage between the Thai education system, especially reagrding social studies, and so called, Thai identity. Inside Thai Society by Niels Mulder Religion - Everyday Life - Change and Thai Images: The Culture of the Public world They are a little heavy going at times, but the key ideas are well expressed. If you are involved with teaching at schools here, the books should give you great insight into the mindset of the professional educators at the Min of Ed. and how they select and channel so called academic material into the system, and that their core ideas and teaching methodologies are still extant. Finally, Pen & Sail: Literature and History in Early Bangkok by Nidhi Eoseewong is, in my opinion, a great read, especially as an insight into the way history has been created and managed in Thailand. It also offers an intelligent overview of early Bangkok and the litrature of Sunthon Phu.