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The Spectre Of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, And The World

This collection of essays spans a range of subjects, including: Aquino's Philippines, where the horses on the haciendas ate better than the stable hands; and political assassinations in contemporary Thailand, where government posts have become so lucrative that to gain them candidates will kill their rivals. Politics, national imaginings, bureaucracy, modernization and its agents (particularly print culture) is covered.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 374 pages

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