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

(Part of the Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory Series)

by Andrew Alan Johnson

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Chiang Mai (literally, "new city") 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. In Ghosts of the New City, Andrew Alan Johnson shows how the trauma of the crash, brought back vividly by the political crisis of 2006, haunts efforts to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0824839390

ISBN13:9780824839390

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:University of Hawaii Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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