[The following review of Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand by Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker appeared in the Bangkok Post on Monday 1 September 2008.]
‘Trees do not create water’
An iconoclastic and provocative study of forests, science and politics in Thailand
Chris Baker
In the key passage of this resolutely iconoclastic [...]
“Like it or hate it, this book cannot be ignored”
September 6th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 3 Comments
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Rethinking the nation state
September 6th, 2008 by Book Zone, Guest Contributor · Add a Comment
Amnat phunthi lae attalak thang chatphan: kanmuang watthanatham khong rat chat nai sangkhom thai 2 (Power, space and ethnic identity: cultural politics of the nation state in Thai society) (2008) by Yot Santasombat et al (ISBN: 9789740541387). Published by the Princess Sirinthorn Anthropology Center, this 339 page volume is the result of field work by a new generation of [...]
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