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social science
They recount the recent political history and focus on the experiences and difficulties of one village community that was forced to relocate ten times between 1978 and 1996
Amidst the welter of modern works on Buddhism
this book sees reasons for hope in the communities’ capacity to respond to these changes
Finding Their Voice: Northeastern Villagers and the Thai State Children social scienceThe rural, Lao speaking people of northeastern Thailand constitute over a third of the entire population of Thailand. Over the last century, this ethnically separate community has evolved from a traditional peasantry into cosmopolitan villagers who are actively shaping Thai politics. Eminent anthropologist Charles Keyes traces this evolution in detail, beginning with the failure of a Buddhist millenarian uprising in 19012 and concluding with the