- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
1 In Place of Ritual -
2 The City and the Pagoda -
3 Territorial Cults and the Urbanization of the Chinese World -
4 Global and Religious -
5 The Muharram Procession of Mumbai -
6 Urban Processions -
7 Urban Megachurches and Contentious Religious Politics in Seoul -
8 Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good (Trust) Deeds -
9 The Urban Development and Heritage Contestation of Bangkok’s Chinatown -
10 Dealing with the Dragon -
11 Contested Religious Space in Jakarta -
12 Urban Buddhism in the Thai Postmetropolis -
13 From Village to City -
14 The Politics of Desecularization -
15 Parallel Universes -
16 The Flexibility of Religion -
17 Cultivating Happiness -
18 Other Christians as Christian Others -
19 Aspiring in Karachi -
20 Can Commodities be Sacred? -
21 Cinema and Karachi in the 1960s -
22 The Cinematic Soteriology of Bollywood -
23 Media, Urban Aspirations, and Religious Mobilization Among Twelver Shi‘ites in Mumbai -
24 Internet Hindus - Contributors
- Index
The Urban Development and Heritage Contestation of Bangkok’s Chinatown
The Urban Development and Heritage Contestation of Bangkok’s Chinatown
- Chapter:
- (p.168) 9 The Urban Development and Heritage Contestation of Bangkok’s Chinatown
- Source:
- Handbook of Religion and the Asian City
- Author(s):
Tiamsoon Sirisrisak
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter examines the impact of urban development on the heritage of Bangkok's Chinatown. It begins with an overview of the urbanization of Bangkok before discussing the situation of old Bangkok in both Rattanakosin and Chinatown. It then considers a number of issues relating to Chinatown, including Thailand's assimilation policy and the Chinese immigrants' adaptation to Thai society. It also looks at the case of heritage contestation in Charoenchai, in the heart of Chinatown, and the community's struggle in keeping up with the pace of change brought about by the extension of the train network. In particular, it explores the implications of the extended train network and the new land use plan for Chinatown's historic communities and local heritage.
Keywords: urban development, Bangkok, Chinatown, urbanization, Thailand, Chinese immigrants, train network, land use plan, historic communities, local heritage
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
1 In Place of Ritual -
2 The City and the Pagoda -
3 Territorial Cults and the Urbanization of the Chinese World -
4 Global and Religious -
5 The Muharram Procession of Mumbai -
6 Urban Processions -
7 Urban Megachurches and Contentious Religious Politics in Seoul -
8 Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good (Trust) Deeds -
9 The Urban Development and Heritage Contestation of Bangkok’s Chinatown -
10 Dealing with the Dragon -
11 Contested Religious Space in Jakarta -
12 Urban Buddhism in the Thai Postmetropolis -
13 From Village to City -
14 The Politics of Desecularization -
15 Parallel Universes -
16 The Flexibility of Religion -
17 Cultivating Happiness -
18 Other Christians as Christian Others -
19 Aspiring in Karachi -
20 Can Commodities be Sacred? -
21 Cinema and Karachi in the 1960s -
22 The Cinematic Soteriology of Bollywood -
23 Media, Urban Aspirations, and Religious Mobilization Among Twelver Shi‘ites in Mumbai -
24 Internet Hindus - Contributors
- Index