Poverty and Resourcefulness in Isan

Aymonnier's account, as well as the accounts of other travellers, is full of engrossing details such as this. They help to demonstrate the degree to which people, even with very low levels of formal education, are able to attune themselves to their land and understand how to survive in it. All around the world, people are demonstrating this degree of ingenuity and wisdom.

References and Further Reading

Aymonnier, Étienne, Isan Travels: Northeast Thailand's Economy in 1883-4 (Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 2000), translated by Walter E.J. Tips.

Kampoon Boontawee, A Child of the Northeast (Nonthaburi: Pouyzian Publishers, n.d. 2005?), translated by Susan Fulop Kepner.

Pira Sudham, Monsoon Country (Shire Publications: 1998). My review of this book is here: http://www.bookideas.com/reviews/index.c...

Wyatt, David K., Siam in Mind (Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2002). My review is here: http://www.bookideas.com/reviews/index.c...

John Walsh, Shinawatra International University, April 2005. Blog: http://jcwalsh.bravejournal.com

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