The crown and the capitalists : the ethnic Chinese and the founding of the Thai nation /

Despite competing with much larger imperialist neighbors in southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand, or Siam, as it was formerly known, has succeeded in transforming itself into a rival modern nation-state over the last two centuries. Recent historiography has placed progress, or lack thereof, towa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wongsurawat, Wasana (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Series:Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Educating citizens : building a nation
  • Publishing nations : the media and elite propaganda
  • "Economic Thai-ification" : dismantling the crown and the capitalists
  • The Great East Asia War : questioning and redefining the Thai nationalist narrative
  • The Cold War.