Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945
During the nineteenth century there was a huge increase in the level and types of gambling in Thailand. Taxes on gambling became a major source of state revenue, with the government establishing state-run lotteries and casinos in the first half of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, over the same period, a strong anti-gambling discourse emerged within the Thai elite, which sought to regulate gambling through a series of increasingly restrictive and punitive laws. By the mid-twentieth century, most forms of gambling had been made illegal, a situation that persists until today. This historical study, based on a wide variety of Thai- and Englis…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-135-90893-5
- EAN: 9781135908935
- Produktnummer: 14833456
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'453 KB
- Abbildungen: 5 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 5 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
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James A. Warren is a lecturer in the Social Science Division of Mahidol University International College, Thailand.
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