Kullada Kesboonchoo Mead

The Rise and Decline of Thai Absolutism (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the development of Thailand from the integration of Siam into the European world economy at the beginning of the nineteenth century, up to the emergence of Thailand as a modern nation state in the twentieth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134432295
• Artikelnr.: 38460927

Autorenporträt

Kullada Kesboonchoo Mead teaches at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Her present academic interests lie in the transformations of Southeast Asian political and economic systems. She focuses on Thailand in relation to the world and regional orders.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Siamese State, Society and the World-Economies before Absolutism 2.
The First Stage of State-Building 3. Creating a Modern Bureaucracy through
Education 4. Contradictions within the Bureaucracy 5. The Defence of
Absolutism 6. The 1912 Revolt: The first great challenge to absolutism