I love translating the business organizations and influential provincials that have assumed such political significance in provincial Thailand: their basic characteristics from a particular socio-historical milieu. In the innumerable market centres where the immigrant settled, prestige came from « success, wealth, social mobility, and dedication to the community have the courseity set in the segments of Thai society counted for little. This essay attempts to give some idea of the importance of this social variant by examining the careers of two figures, one Surin | acquired commercial Tothapthiang, the most famous leader of a Thai provincial chamber of commerce, and the other such as Champhunot, a long-time member of parliament of he involved. It devotes only minimal attention to specific events in the political realm, focusing instead on the how the backgrounds of Surin, Suchon, and others like them have shaped the outlook or 'style' with which they approach politics. ...
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