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Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945 by"James A. Warren"
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 historical study, based on a wide variety of Thai- and English-language archival sources including government reports, legal cases and newspapers, places the criminalization of gambling in Thailand in the broader context of the country’s socio-economic transformation and the modernization of the Thai state. Particular attention is paid to how state institutions, such as the police and judiciary, and different sections of Thai society shaped and subverted the law to advance their own interests. Finally, the book compares the Thai government’s policies on gambling with those on opium use and prostitution, placing the latter in the context of an international clampdown on vice in the early twentieth century.
Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945
By:"James A. Warren"
Published on 2013-07-18 by Routledge
BOOKS ID : P6-U9o3jBwgC
Ebook Title : Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945
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ISBN_13 Code : 9781135909000
ISBN_10 Code : 1135909008
Book Print Type : BOOK
Rank : 19 for keyword gambling meaning
Book Author :"James A. Warren"
Publisher : Routledge
Book Pages Count : 264
Print Type : BOOK
Book's Categories :"Social Science"
Books Language : en
Text to Speech Access : ALLOWED
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