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Gambling, the state and society in thailand, c .1800-1945
"Charts the development of gambling in Thailand and relates it to the development of Thai state and society, showing how gambling was a fundamental issue hugely affecting political developments. It considers the difference between law and how law is enforced, outlining how the Thai elite, though professing opposition to gambling, often both tolerated and profited from it, as did the police"--Provided by publisher.
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- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/937372
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1203410166#Event/geschichte_1800_1945
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1203410166#Place/southeast_asia
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205310
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1203410166#Topic/glucksspiel
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1203410166#Topic/gambling_thailand_history
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1203410166#Topic/business_&_economics_infrastructure
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1203410166#Place/thailand
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85052909
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1203410166#Topic/social_science_general
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- ""Charts the development of gambling in Thailand and relates it to the development of Thai state and society, showing how gambling was a fundamental issue hugely affecting political developments. It considers the difference between law and how law is enforced, outlining how the Thai elite, though professing opposition to gambling, often both tolerated and profited from it, as did the police"--Provided by publisher."@en
- "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 historic."@en
- ""Charts the development of gambling in Thailand and relates it to the development of Thai state and society, showing how gambling was a fundamental issue hugely affecting political developments. It considers the difference between law and how law is enforced, outlining how the Thai elite, though professing opposition to gambling, often both tolerated and profited from it, as did the police"--Provided by publisher."