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Author:   Taylor M. Easum
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
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9781041176725

ISBN 10:   1041176724
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   01 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Note on Transliteration and Sources, Introduction: Living in the City, The Urban Space of Chiang Mai, Organization of the Book, 1 The City Founded: A Deep Urban History of Chiang Mai, Urban Genesis in the Mainland, The Foundation of the New City, Center, Hinterland, Region, Conclusion, 2 The City Stabilized: The Kawila Restoration and Chiang Mai in the Nineteenth, Century, Chiang Mai Abandoned, Chiang Mai Rebuilt, The Nineteenth Century Logic(s) of Chiang Mai's Urban Space, Conclusion, 3 The Region Transformed: Forests and Foreigners and State Formation in Chiang Mai and The North, Lanna's Second Golden Age, Shifting the Balance, Siamese State Formation in the North &–A Silent Revolution?, Conclusion, 4 The City Reshaped: Power and Urban Space in Micro-Colonial Chiang Mai, Spaces of Power &–The Old Town, Chiang Mai and the development of a Dual City?, Spatial Transitions, Conclusion, 5 The New City and the New State: Chiang Mai's Sacred Space and Siam, The Decline of Sacro-Spatial Legitimacy in the Chiang Mai State, Khruba Siwichai, the State, and the Restoration of Sacred Space(s), Conclusion, Conclusion: The Heart of the City, Bibliography, Index

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Taylor M. Easum is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana State University with research interests in Southeast Asian, urban, and colonial history. Recent publications include articles on contested urban networks, the construction of Thai and Lao ethnic identity, monuments and historical memory, and ongoing questions of urban heritage in Southeast Asia.

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