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The Man Who Accused the King of Killing a Fish: The Biography of Narin Phasit of Siam, 1874-1950

March 22, 2015

Narin Phasit was one of the most remarkable yet little-known figures in the annals of Thai history, a man who devoted his life to what the seventh king of Siam called “seeking a name for himself in a wildly inappropriate manner,” and he himself preferred to describe as “working contentedly for my country, alone and […]
Materializing Thailand (Materializing Culture)

March 22, 2015

Thailand has become well known throughout the world for wonderful cuisine, great package holidays, sumptuous temples and textiles. Noticeably absent from glossy tourist brochures but equally well known throughout the Western world is Thailand’s seedier side – the world of child exploitation, rampant prostitution and AIDS. Thailand maintains its appeal by slipping the ugly and […]
Thailand’s Political History: From the 13th Century to Recent Times

March 22, 2015

A full history of Thai politics from the 13th century to the present day. Sale Price:$24.39 9749863968
The balancing act: A history of modern Thailand

March 22, 2015

In the pre-dawn hours of 24 June 1932 a band of disgruntled Thai bureaucrats, with a small clique of army colonels supporting the, staged an unlikely coup against the government of the last absolute monarch of Thailand. Using bluff and deception, they called together a number of armored units and infantrymen at the center of […]
Revolution Interrupted: Farmers, Students, Law, and Violence in Northern Thailand (New Perspectives in Se Asian Studies)

March 22, 2015

In October 1973 a mass movement forced Thailand’s prime minister to step down and leave the country, ending nearly forty years of dictatorship. Three years later, in a brutal reassertion of authoritarian rule, Thai state and para-state forces quashed a demonstration at Thammasat University in Bangkok. In Revolution Interrupted, Tyrell Haberkorn focuses on this period […]
Breeds of Empire: The ‘Invention’ of the Horse in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa 1500-1950 (Nias Studies in Asian Topics)

March 22, 2015

Ships of empire carried not just merchandise, soldiers and administrators but also equine genes from as far afield as Europe, Arabia, the Americas, China and Japan. In the process, they introduced horses into parts of the world not native to that animal in historical times. As a result, horses in Thailand, the Philippine Horses, the […]
Van Vliet’s Siam

March 22, 2015

The most detailed, fascinating, and lively account of old Siam was written by the Dutch merchant Jeremias Van Vliet between 1636 and 1640. This volume includes all four of his writings in English translation: the earliest surviving chronicle of Siam’s history; a wide-ranging description of the kingdom’s geography, economy, society, politics, and religion; a blow-by-blow […]
Chronicle of Sipsong Panna: History and Society of a Tai Lu Kingdom, Twelfth to Twentieth Century

March 22, 2015

The Tai Lü are a Tai-speaking group closely related to the Khon Müang or Tai Yuan, the dominant ethnic group in Northern Thailand. According to their own historical tradition, the ancestors of the Tai Lü migrated from what is now northwestern Vietnam into the southern part of Yunnan, where they founded their own kingdom in […]
Making Fields of Merit: Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered Orders in Thailand (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies)

March 22, 2015

Religion plays a central role in Thai society with Buddhism intertwined in the daily lives of the people. Religion also plays an important role in establishing gender boundaries. The growth in recent decades of self-governing nunneries and the increasing interest of Thai women in a Buddhist monastic life are notable changes in the religion/gender dynamic. […]
Worshipping the Great Moderniser: King Chulalongkorn, Patron Saint of the Thai Middle Class

March 22, 2015

Contemporary Thailand has seen the rise of an immense cult focused on King Chulalongkorn the Great (r. 1868-1910). In Worshipping the Great Moderniser, Irene Stengs explores the continuing appeal of King Chulalongkorn and considers what this ruler’s unprecedented popularity says about modern Thai society.Arguing that the exalted expectations of kingship are a product of the […]

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