Reading Bangkok

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgements xvii Prologue xix Chapter 1 Landscapes of Illusion and the First Level of Colonisation: Thonburi-Kudijeen, Rattanankosin, Ratchadamnoen 1 Chapter 2 Landscapes of the Modern Age and the Second Level of Colonisation: Charoen Krung, Silom, Ratchadamnoen 43 Chapter 3 Libidinal Landscapes and the Third Level of Colonisation: Sukhumvit 87 Chapter 4 Landscapes of Ruin and the Fourth Level of Colonisation: Ratchadapisek, the Khlong Toei slums 126 Chapter 5 Landscapes of the Mind and the Fifth Level of Colonisation: The Universities 166 Epilogue The City Unmasked 199 Glossary 210 Notes 213 Bibliography 223 Index 240 vii ...