This is the saga of the Isan people -- peace-loving rural dwellers in a forgotten corner of the land, Thailand's nineteen northeastern provinces -- and their quest for personal identity and national acceptance by their fellow countrymen.
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The village-dwelling Isan people of rural Northeast Thailand, despite long-standing cultural barriers and hindrances placed in their way by the more urbane and class-conscious Thai majority, have over the last several decades taken initiative in important ways as opportunity presented itself to advance themselves and ultimately their rank in mainstream Thai society, evidenced by their emerging acceptance and significance on a national level in social, economic and political terms. |
Table of Contents
Chapter
I:
Introduction to the Isan People and Region of Thailand
Chapter II:
Origins and Historical Roots of Isan and Its Inhabitants
Chapter III:
Exploring Catalysts for Socio-economic Change (1960s)
Chapter IV:
Laborer Migration to Arab (Opec) Countries (1970s)
Chapter V: The Growing Pains of Change (1980s) (n/a)
Chapter VI: The Challenges to Change (1990s) (n/a)
Chapter VII: The Destiny of Change (2000s) (n/a)
Tables and Maps
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The gentle Isan people of rural Northeastern Thailand have for centuries eked out a subsistence-level living in less than favorable conditions from a austere land with acidic soil that alternately suffers from either floods or droughts. As a result of learning to make do with what they have, they have developed a tough-skinned resiliency and light-hearted love of life that repudiates their indigent predicament.
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