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This book investigates, compares and contrasts the experience of
entering into and engaging in modernity and the modern era in many
parts of the Asian continent. It focuses on the coming into being,
development, and transformation of major urban centers from Tokyo
to Mumbai from the late 19th century to the present, providing a
broad overview of this crucial period of transition in Asia, not
only from diverse geographical and historical perspectives, but
also incorporating a broad range of further disciplines.
This book investigates, compares and contrasts the experience of
entering into and engaging in modernity and the modern era in many
parts of the Asian continent. It focuses on the coming into being,
development, and transformation of major urban centers from Tokyo
to Mumbai from the late 19th century to the present, providing a
broad overview of this crucial period of transition in Asia, not
only from diverse geographical and historical perspectives, but
also incorporating a broad range of further disciplines.
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-toward Western-style liberal
democracy at the center of Thailand's narrative, but that view
underestimates the importance of the colonial context. In
particular, a long-standing relationship with China and the
existence of a large and important Chinese diaspora within Thailand
have shaped development at every stage. As the emerging nation
struggled against colonial forces in Southeast Asia, ethnic Chinese
entrepreneurs were neither a colonial force against whom Thainess
was identified, nor had they been able to fully assimilate into
Thai society. Wasana Wongsurawat demonstrates that the Kingdom of
Thailand's transformation into a modern nation-state required the
creation of a national identity that justified not only the
hegemonic rule of monarchy but also the involvement of the ethnic
Chinese entrepreneurial class upon whom it depended. Her
revisionist view traces the evolution of this codependent
relationship through the twentieth century, as Thailand struggled
against colonial forces in Southeast Asia, found itself an ally of
Japan in World War II, and reconsidered its relationship with China
in the postwar era.
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-toward Western-style liberal
democracy at the center of Thailand's narrative, but that view
underestimates the importance of the colonial context. In
particular, a long-standing relationship with China and the
existence of a large and important Chinese diaspora within Thailand
have shaped development at every stage. As the emerging nation
struggled against colonial forces in Southeast Asia, ethnic Chinese
entrepreneurs were neither a colonial force against whom Thainess
was identified, nor had they been able to fully assimilate into
Thai society. Wasana Wongsurawat demonstrates that the Kingdom of
Thailand's transformation into a modern nation-state required the
creation of a national identity that justified not only the
hegemonic rule of monarchy but also the involvement of the ethnic
Chinese entrepreneurial class upon whom it depended. Her
revisionist view traces the evolution of this codependent
relationship through the twentieth century, as Thailand struggled
against colonial forces in Southeast Asia, found itself an ally of
Japan in World War II, and reconsidered its relationship with China
in the postwar era.
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