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Description:Explains Bangkok in terms of the Thai way it operates, rather than using the outsider's viewpoint that guidebooks impose on the city, therefore putting familiar things in fresh contextIntroduces places and events not included in other guides to Bangkok, this is the first mainstream book to cover Bangkok's full ethnic diversity in detailBangkok bewilders the visitor with its alloy offad and tradition, ad-hoc and hi-tech, sacred and profane. Author of thegroundbreaking Very Thai and bestselling guidebook TimeOut Bangkok, Philip Cornwel-Smith untangles the Thai capital to revealthe local logic of a world city.Unjumble the architecture, ecosystems, ethnicities andbeliefs, using maps, listings and sly navigations. Penetrate the social maze -hi-so, lo-so, hip or indy, online or unofficial. Connect with contemporaryfashion, arts and food. Find the keys to Bangkok's hidden heart and many lives.Philip Cornwel-Smith is author of thegroundbreaking bestseller Very Thai: Everyday Popular Culture, andwriter-editor of Time Out Bangkok guidebook. Born in Englandand based in Bangkok since 1994, Philip also contributes to internationalpublications, writes for the Tourism Authority of Thailand, and was foundingeditor of Bangkok Metro Magazine. Philip is writing a book oncontemporary Thai pop culture and has contributed to several other books andguides. He frequently speaks about Thailand in international and localinterviews, conferences, universities and TV documentaries, including ABC's'Foreign Correspondent', Discovery Channel's 'Noodle Box: Bangkok', and TV5's'Ports d'Attache: Bangkok', as well as the Grammy-nominated '1 Giant Leap'video album.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Very Bangkok: A Subculture Handbook. To get started finding Very Bangkok: A Subculture Handbook, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: River Books

Release: 2013

ISBN: 974986350X

Description: Explains Bangkok in terms of the Thai way it operates, rather than using the outsider's viewpoint that guidebooks impose on the city, therefore putting familiar things in fresh contextIntroduces places and events not included in other guides to Bangkok, this is the first mainstream book to cover Bangkok's full ethnic diversity in detailBangkok bewilders the visitor with its alloy offad and tradition, ad-hoc and hi-tech, sacred and profane. Author of thegroundbreaking Very Thai and bestselling guidebook TimeOut Bangkok, Philip Cornwel-Smith untangles the Thai capital to revealthe local logic of a world city.Unjumble the architecture, ecosystems, ethnicities andbeliefs, using maps, listings and sly navigations. Penetrate the social maze -hi-so, lo-so, hip or indy, online or unofficial. Connect with contemporaryfashion, arts and food. Find the keys to Bangkok's hidden heart and many lives.Philip Cornwel-Smith is author of thegroundbreaking bestseller Very Thai: Everyday Popular Culture, andwriter-editor of Time Out Bangkok guidebook. Born in Englandand based in Bangkok since 1994, Philip also contributes to internationalpublications, writes for the Tourism Authority of Thailand, and was foundingeditor of Bangkok Metro Magazine. Philip is writing a book oncontemporary Thai pop culture and has contributed to several other books andguides. He frequently speaks about Thailand in international and localinterviews, conferences, universities and TV documentaries, including ABC's'Foreign Correspondent', Discovery Channel's 'Noodle Box: Bangkok', and TV5's'Ports d'Attache: Bangkok', as well as the Grammy-nominated '1 Giant Leap'video album.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Very Bangkok: A Subculture Handbook. To get started finding Very Bangkok: A Subculture Handbook, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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