The Commercialized Crafts of Thailand: Hill Tribes and Lowland Villages

by Erik Cohen

Book Overview

This volume brings together two decades of research into the process of commercialization of the folk crafts of Thailand: the conditions of its emergence, the parties involved in its development, the changes in the processes and organization of production which accompany it, the channels through which commercialized craft products are marketed, the nature of the audiences which they reach, and the transformations in appearance and meaning which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824822978
• ISBN13: 9780824822972
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"