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Thailand : a short history
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"A very readable account. . . . We come away from reading it with a clearer understanding of where Thailand stands in relation to its neighbors, who the Thai people are, how the Thai government evo...
"A very readable account. . . . We come away from reading it with a clearer understanding of where Thailand stands in relation to its neighbors, who the Thai people are, how the Thai government evolved into its present form."--James Stent, Asian Wall Street Journal.
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- Creator
- David K. Wyatt
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Second edition
- New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2003
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0300084757, 9780300084757
- OCLC
- ocm53392823
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index.
- The beginnings of Tai history -- Tai and the classical empires -- A Tai century, 1219-1350 -- Ayutthaya and its neighbors, 1351-1569 -- The empire of Ayutthaya, 1569-1767 -- The early Bangkok Empire, 1767-1851 -- Mongkut and Chulalongkorn, 1851-1910 -- The rise of elite nationalism, 1910-1932 -- The military ascendant, 1932-1957 -- Development and revolution, 1957-1982 -- Fresh starts, 1976-2002