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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-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wongsurawat, Wasana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Colección:Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 : the return of royalist politics in the postwar territorial nation.