Bangkok, Thailand Project Center Resources

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General Country Information

CIA World Factbook - Thailand
The Europa World Year Book. London: Europa Publications Ltd. Annual. [REF JN 1 E85]
The Statesman's Year-Book. New York: St. Martin's Press. Annual. [REF JA 51 S7]
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - Thailand
United Nations Human Development Report: Fact Sheet | Data

Thai Government Sources

Some of the information may not be in English. Sometimes, information you need may be buried within a department, such as the National Statistical Office. See Governments on the WWW: Thailand for a listing of many Thai government agencies.

Travel Guides

Cummings, Joe. Bangkok: a Lonely Planet City Guide. Hawthorn, Vic.; Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet, 1997. [REF DS 589 B2 C85]
---. Thailand: a Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit. Hawthorn, Vic.; Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet, 1997. [REF DS 563 C86 1997]
Golden Jubilee Network - Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej information/speeches.
sunSITE Thailand - Tourist Information.
Traveler's Tales Thailand. San Francisco, Calif.: Travelers Tales, 1993. [GEN DS 563 T72 1993]
Business Travel in Thailand. [Lindon, Utah] : Axiom Press, c2003. [electronic library book].
Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Culture

Cooper, Robert. Culture Shock! : Thailand 3rd ed. Singapore: Times Books International, 1990. [GEN DS568 C64 1990]
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1991. (10 Vols.) [REF GN 307 E53 1991]
Klausner, William. Reflections on Thai Culture: Collected Writings of William J. Klausner. 4th ed. Bangkok: Siam Society, 1993. [GEN DS 568 K539 1993]
Segaller, Denis, More Thai Ways. Bangkok: Asia Books, 1989. [GEN DS 568 S43 1989]
---. Thai Ways Bangkok: Asia Books; Post Publishing Co., 1989. [GEN DS 568 S4 1989]
Thailand [videorecording]. Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999. [GEN DS563.5 T33 1999 video].
Yee, Kenny. Dos & Don'ts in Thailand. Bangkok: Book Promotion & Service, 1993. [GEN DS 568 Y4 1993]

For additional items, search the library catalog using the following Library of Congress Subject Headings:

Thailand Social life and customs | Thailand Social Conditions | Thailand Civilization | Thailand Social Structure

Business/Economics

Country Commercial Guide, by the U.S. State Department, provides a useful starting place to understand the economic and business situation. eThailand.com is a portal to find local businesses, hotels, and news for visitors.

Bank of Thailand. Economic information.
Cragg, Claudia. Hunting With the Tigers: Doing Business with Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philipines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. San Diego: Pfeiffer, 1993. [GEN HF 3820.5 Z5 C7 1993]
Muscat, Robert J. The Fifth Tiger: a Study of Thai Development Policy. Helsinki, Finland: United Nations University Press; Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. [GEN HC 445 M867 1994]
Pasuk, Phongpaichit. Thailand, Economy and Politics. Oxford; Oxford University Press, 1995. [GEN HC 445 P39 1995]
The Thai Economy in Transition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. [GEN HC 445 T397 1993]
Unger, Danny. Building Social Capital in Thailand : Fibers, Finance, and Infrastructure. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. [GEN HC 445 U54 1998]

Environment

Energy Information Administation, Department of Energy. Country Analysis Brief: Thailand.
World Resources: A Guide to the Global Environment - see data tables at end of 2005 for comparative environmental statistics
United Nations, Development Program. UNDP Thailand.

History

Hata, Tatsuya. Bangkok in the Balance : Bangkok's Slum Angel and the Bloody Events of May 1992. Bangkok : Duang Prateep Foundation, 1996. [GEN DS 568 H36 1996].
Library of Congress. A Country Study: Thailand.
Muscat, Robert J. Thailand and the United States: Development, Security, and Foreign Aid. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. [GEN HC 445 M87 1990]
Wyatt, David K. Thailand: a Short History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. [GEN DS 571 W92 1984]

Politics & Legal System

The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. [REF JA 61 O95 1993]
Political Handbook of the World. New York: Published for the Center for Comparitive Political Research of the State University of New York at Binghamton and for the Council on Foreign Relations by McGraw-Hill Book Co. Annual. [REF JF 37 P6]
The Statesman's Year-Book. New York: St. Martin's Press. Annual. [REF JA 51 S7]
Thai National Assembly & Political Parties
Law Library of Congress: Thailand

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