CONTENTS

• Efficacious Space: An Introduction
  (Author : Anthony Lovenheim Irwin)
• Healing Meditation Techniques of Selected Thai Meditation Maters
  (Author : Ellen Gervasi)
• Changes of the State-Capital Relationship in Thailand: Focusing on the Relationship between the State Macroeconomic Institutions and Commercial Banks
  (Author : Eunji Won)
• Suraphon Sombatjaroen on 78 rpm: The development of Thailand’s king of music business
  (Author : Dr.James Mitchell)
• Western Acculturation and the Transformation of Culinary Culture in the Court of King Rama V
  (Author : Ladapha Pullphothong)
• Food in Isan Country Songs: The Urban and the Rural Construction of the Isan Diaspora
  (Author : Sirichaya Corngreat)
• Towards History of the Margins: from Barbarian to Zhuang Nationality
  (Author : Somrak Chaisingkananont)
• The Role of Thai Tourism In Promoting Thai-Vietnamese Relations
  (Author : Thuc Doan Dang Tran)
• Socialisation into Values: Collectivism in Award-winning Thai Children’s Picture Books
  (Author : Todsapon Suranakkharin)
• Thailand in the Discourse of Chinese Mass Media: Discourse of Ladyboys as a Discursive Tactic
  (Author : Xiyan Tang)

Honorary Editors

• Yukio Ikemoto, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
• Hong-koo Kim, Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Pusan
• William J. Klausner, Institute of Security and International Studies, Bangkok
• Pranee Kullavanich, Sirindhorn Thai Center, Bangkok
• Elizabeth Moore, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Peer Review Committee

• Prof. Dr. Siraporn Nathalang
• Dr. Peter Skilling
• Dr. Waricha Wongphyat
• Asst. Prof. Ritirong Jiwakanon
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Theera Nuchpiam
• Assoc. Prof. Suppakorn Disatapundhu
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nualnoi Treerat
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Rangsiphan Khangkhan
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Pimrumpai Premsmit
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Sukanya Bumroongsook

Editorial Board

• Peter Skilling, Ecole fracaise d’Extreme-Orient, Bangkok
• Suchitra Chongstitvatana, Director, Institute of Thai Studies
• Justin McDaniel, Assoc Prof, University of Pennsylvania
• Arthit Thongtak, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies
• Ritirong Jiwakanon, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies
• Pram Sounsamut, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies

Editor

• Suchitra Chongstitvatana

Assistant Editor

• Frederick B. Goss