This book gives an insight into the Thailand of today. It details the history, culture and contemporary predicament of a traditional Buddhist society struggling to preserve its integrity in the face of change. The author evokes the atmosphere of the country through descriptions of city and rural life where contradictions between old and new, sacred and profane constantly clash. This book may be of interest both to the armchair traveller and to the visitor. The author has also written "The Traveller's Key to Northern India".
- ISBN10 0719547261
- ISBN13 9780719547263
- Publish Date 21 September 1989 (first published 26 January 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 June 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Imprint John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 228
- Language English