The Recently Constructed Lanna: The Social History of Upper Chao Phraya Basin (1932 - 2014 A.D.)

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Pinyapan Potjanalawan

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This research aims to study the social history of northern      Thailand in order to find out key factors contributed to political,      economic, and social changes in the region. The study uses historical research method. Data was collected from primary and secondary sources. ResuIts show that over the last eight decades, changes in northern Thailand had been directed by the central government whose power had been inclined towards centralization rather than decentralization. Once a main stronghold of the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT), the region was later transformed into a space of identity and  culture under the support and control of the Ministry of Interior. It was the local capitalist who mostly benefitted from development that was centralized in Chiang Mai. The 1997 constitution opened up new areas and provided new opportunities for development, leading to the     expansion of ‘Lanna’ identity. Lanna’s growth was interrupted by two military coups, one in 2006 and the other in 2014, and the subsequent ‘cold - war colonization’. Under such circumstances, Lanna is no longer a quiet dreamland as it had been in the past.

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