Reading Bangkok

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Reading Bangkok Ross King © 2011 Ross King Published by: NUS Press National University of Singapore AS3-01-02, 3 Arts Link Singapore 117569 Fax: (65) 6774-0652 E-mail: nusbooks@nus.edu.sg Website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/nuspress ISBN 978-9971-69-546-0 (Paper) All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing-in-Publication Data King, Ross. Reading Bangkok/Ross King. – Singapore: NUS Press, c2011. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 978-9971-69-546-0 (pbk.) 1. Urban geography – Thailand – Bangkok – History. 2. Urbanization – Thailand – Bangkok – History. 3. Human geography – Thailand – Bangkok – History. I. Title. DS589.B2 307.7609593 — dc22 OCN696042797 Cover image: Bangkok: The Erawan shrine, the BTS Skytrain and the Zen tower of Central World Plaza, destroyed in the 19 May 2010 red-shirt uprising. The caption on Zen reads: “We love you Zen” and, on the Skytrain, it reads: “Bangkok city of life”. Typeset by: Scientifik Graphics Printed by: C.O.S. Printers To memories: May and Jim, Linda and Sully ...