Since it was first published in 2005, A History of Thailand has
been hailed as an authoritative, lively and readable account of
Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. From
the early settlements in the Chao Phraya basin to today, Baker and
Phongpaichit trace how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree
peasants was transformed by colonialism, the expansion of the rice
frontier and the immigration of traders and labourers from southern
China. This book examines how the monarchy managed the foundation
of a new nation‐state at the end of the nineteenth century, and
how urban nationalists, ambitious generals, communist rebels and
business politicians competed to take control through the twentieth
century. It tracks Thailand's economic changes, globalisation and
the evolution of mass society, and draws on popular culture to
dramatize social trends. This edition contains a new chapter on
Thailand's turbulent politics since 2006 and incorporates new
sources and research throughout.
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