The People’s Way of Life in Khlong Bang Khen

Abstract

The research aimed to study the people's way of life of both gardeners and farmers in Khlong Bang Khen, from the beginning to the end of the process, and to study the factors affecting the people's way of life. This data for this historical research was collected from various documents and interviews with an assumption that the people's way of life in Khlong Bang Khen was affected by the external and internal ecosystem. The study found that 1. Khlong Bang Khen Community has been located on the fertile triangular land (delta) of the southern Chao Phraya River since the 21st Buddhist century in the Ayutthaya period. The people's way of life in Khlong Bang Khen was engaged in agriculture and subsistence economy as gardeners and farmers. 3. The gardeners' production changed from self-consumption to production for sale, and the monetary system occurred when the outside traders (Maha Naga Market fruit traders) came in about the 1930s. 4. Khlong Bang Khen community started rice production for sale in the Rein of Rama V in the late 19th century in the area inside the canal. 5. The end of Klong Bang Khen's agricultural way of life occurred when the community ecosystem faced industrial development and prosperities after the national development plan in 1961.