Ghosts of the New City - Spirits, Urbanity, and the Ruins of Progress in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai suffered badly in the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the northern Thai real estate bubble collapsed along with the Thai baht, crushing dreams of a renaissance of northern prosperity. Years later, the ruins of the excesses of the 1990s still stain the skyline. Andrew Alan Johnson shows how the trauma of the crash, brought back vividly by the political crisis of 2006, haunts efforts to remake the city.

About the author

Andrew Alan Johnson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Alan Johnson
• Assisted by: David P Chandler (Editor), David P. Chandler (Editor), Rita Smith Kipp (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2014
• EAN: 9780824839710
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3971-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory; Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories