Title The rise and decline of Thai absolutism / Kullada Kesboonchoo Mead.

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 228 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 22
	RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 22.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-221) and index.
Contents	The Siamese state, society, and the world-economies before absolutism -- The first stage of state-building -- Creating a modern bureaucracy through education -- Contradictions within the bureaucracy -- The defence of absolutism -- The 1912 revolt : the first great challenge to absolutism.
Summary	This book examines the development of Thailand from the integration of Siam into the European world economy at the beginning of the 19th century, up to the emergence of Thailand as a modern nation state in the 20th century.
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Subject	Despotism -- Thailand -- History.
	Despotism.
	Thailand.
	History.
	Thailand -- Politics and government -- 1782-1945.
	Politics and government.
Chronological Term	1782-1945
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Mead, Kullada Kesboonchoo, 1943- Rise and decline of Thai absolutism. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 0415297257 (DLC) 2003023810 (OCoLC)53325143
ISBN	0203644301 (electronic book)
	9780203644300 (electronic book)