A Plastic Nation: The Curse of Thainess in Thai-Burmese Relations.0761831525 A plastic nation; the curse Curse Ancient Mariner cursed by the crew because his slaying of the albatross is causing their deaths. [Br. Poetry: Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner] Andvari king of the dwarfs; his malediction spurs many events in the of Thainess in Thai-Burmese relations. Chachavalpongpun, Pavin. Univ. Press of America 2005 188 pages $30.00 Paperback DS568 A Thai academic and writer based in Singapore, Chachavalpongpun explains how the concept of Thai-ness has been and is used by Thai political leaders to strengthen their power and protect their economic interests, focusing on how they have exploited it in three major issues regarding relations between Thailand and Burma: ethnic insurgencies along their borders, the thriving thrive intr.v. thrived or throve , thrived or thriv·en , thriv·ing, thrives 1. To make steady progress; prosper. 2. drug trade, and Thai support of Burma's admission into ASEAN ASEAN: see Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN in full Association of Southeast Asian Nations International organization established by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in in 1997. He also shows how the same process has been at work in relations between the nations since before the colonial period Colonial Period may generally refer to any period in a country's history when it was subject to administration by a colonial power.
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