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020			_a9781138476097 (paperback)
020			_a1138476099 (paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1247158448
040			_aTULIB _beng _cTULIB
050			_aDS575.5.U5 _bP45 2017
100	1		_aPhillips, Matthew _c(Historian)
245	1	0	_aThailand in the Cold War / _cMatthew Phillips.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2017.
300			_axiv, 217 p. : _bill.
490	1		_aRoutledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; _v110
500			_aReprint. Originally published: 2016.
505	0		_a"A theatre with two stages" : Jim Thompson's Thailand -- In and out of Vogue : dressing for progress before and after 1945 -- If not "great," then what? : rethinking Thainess in post-war Bangkok -- Cultural spectacle, political authority and the subversion of Thai modernity -- The Tourist Organisation of Thailand and Cold War propaganda -- It's a small world after all : Thailand's integration into free world culture.
520			_a"Thailand's position during the Cold War was ambiguous: the country's political leadership was very keen to maintain the country's independence on the world stage, yet at the same time was anxious to establish the country's credentials as staunchly anti-communist. However, as this book argues, Thailand, though never formally a client state of the United States, was very closely embedded in the Western camp through the commitment of Thailand's cosmopolitan urban communities to developing a modern, consumerist lifestyle. Considering popular culture, including film, literature, fashion, tourism and attitudes towards Buddhism, the book shows how an ideology of consumerism and integration into a "free world" culture centred in the United States gradually took hold and became firmly established, and how this popular culture and ideology was fundamental in determining Thailand's international political alignment"--
650		4	_aPopular culture _zThailand _xHistory _y20th century.
650		4	_aCold War.
651		4	_aThailand _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
651		4	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zThailand.
651		4	_aThailand _xForeign relations _y1945-1988.
830		0	_aRoutledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; _v110.
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