Illustrations
Tables
Preface
Editorial Note
1 The Beginning of Tai History
The Tai Village and Müang
Nan-chao
Mainland Southeast Asia in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
2 The Tai and the Classical Empires, A.D. 1000-1200
Dvaravati
Angkor and the Tai
The Tai of the Yonok Country
The Rise of Pagân
The Shans
Nan-chao and the Sipsong Pan Na
The Tai World in 1200
3 A Tai Century, 1200-1351
The Ahom, the Shans, and the Mongols
The Kingdom of Lan Na
The Siamese, Sukhothai, and the South
4 Ayudhya and Its Neighbors, 1351-1569
The Rise of Ayudhya
The Renewal of Lan Na
The Rise of Lan Sang-Luang Prabang
Universal Monarchs, Universal Warfare
5 The Empire of Ayudhya, 1569-1767
Ayudhya, the Burmese, and the West
Lan Na and Lan Sang in a Time of Tumult
Ayudhya: Sources of Strength and Instability
The Burmese and the Tai World
6 The Early Bangkok Empire, 1767-1851
The Abortive Reconstruction of King Taksin
Rama I’s New Siam
Interlude: Rama II, 1809-1824
Rama III: Conservative or Reactionary?
7 Mongkut and Chulalongkorn, 1851-1910
King Mongkut’s Cautious Reforms
A New King versus the “Ancients”
Internal Power and External Challenge
From Reforms to Modernization
Siam in 1910
8 The Rise of Elite Nationalism, 1910-1932
King Vajiravudh and the Thai Nation
The Last Absolute Monarch
9 The Military Ascendant, 1932-1957
The Early Constitutional Period
Phibun’s Naitonalism and the War, 1938-1944
Between Hot and Cold Wars
Phibun’s Second Government, 1948-1957
10 Development and Revolution, 1957-1982
Sarit as Paradox
In the Shadow of Vietnam, 1963-1973
The Social and Political Costs of Development
Revolution and Reaction, 1973-1976
Hesitation and Uncertainty, 1976 and After
Appendixes
Kings of Sukhothai
Kings of Lan Na
Kings of Ayudhya, Thonburi, and Bangkok
Prime Minsters of Thailand, 1932-1982
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
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