Ghosts of the New City: Spirits, Urbanity, and the Ruins of Progress in Chiang Mai by Andrew Alan Johnson

Ghosts of the New City: Spirits, Urbanity, and the Ruins of Progress in Chiang Mai

Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory

Andrew Alan Johnson

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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Chiang Mai (literally, "new city") suffered badly in the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the Northern Thai real estate bubble collapsed along with the Thai baht, crushing dreams of a renaissance of Northern prosperity. Years later, the ruins of the...

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