Publisher's Synopsis
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".
