The Creation Of The Modern Ministry Of Finance In Siam 1885 1910
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The Creation Of The Modern Ministry Of Finance In Siam 1885 1910
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Author : Ian Brown
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1992-06-18
The Creation Of The Modern Ministry Of Finance In Siam 1885 1910 written by Ian Brown and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-06-18 with Political Science categories.
Using Thai-language archival material, this book examines a crucial element in the dismantling of the traditional government structure and the installation of a Western-style administration - the creation of a modern Ministry of Finance.
The Ministry Of Finance And The Early Development Of Modern Financial Administration In Siam 1885 1910
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Author : Ian George Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Ministry Of Finance And The Early Development Of Modern Financial Administration In Siam 1885 1910 written by Ian George Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Finance, Public categories.
Gambling The State And Society In Thailand C 1800 1945
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Author : James A. Warren
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-18
Gambling The State And Society In Thailand C 1800 1945 written by James A. Warren and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Social Science categories.
During the nineteenth century there was a huge increase in the level and types of gambling in Thailand. Taxes on gambling became a major source of state revenue, with the government establishing state-run lotteries and casinos in the first half of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, over the same period, a strong anti-gambling discourse emerged within the Thai elite, which sought to regulate gambling through a series of increasingly restrictive and punitive laws. By the mid-twentieth century, most forms of gambling had been made illegal, a situation that persists until today. This historical study, based on a wide variety of Thai- and English-language archival sources including government reports, legal cases and newspapers, places the criminalization of gambling in Thailand in the broader context of the country’s socio-economic transformation and the modernization of the Thai state. Particular attention is paid to how state institutions, such as the police and judiciary, and different sections of Thai society shaped and subverted the law to advance their own interests. Finally, the book compares the Thai government’s policies on gambling with those on opium use and prostitution, placing the latter in the context of an international clampdown on vice in the early twentieth century.
Lords Of Things
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Author : Maurizio Peleggi
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2002-07-31
Lords Of Things written by Maurizio Peleggi and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-31 with History categories.
Lords of Things offers a fascinating interpretation of modernity in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Siam by focusing on the novel material possessions and social practices adopted by the royal elite to refashion its self and public image in the early stages of globalization. It examines the westernized modes of consumption and self-presentation, the residential and representational architecture, and the public spectacles appropriated by the Bangkok court not as byproducts of institutional reformation initiated by modernizing sovereigns, but as practices and objects constitutive of the very identity of the royalty as a civilized and civilizing class. Bringing a wealth of new source material into a theoretically informed discussion, Lords of Things will be required reading for historians of Thailand and Southeast Asia scholars generally. It represents a welcome change from previous studies of Siamese modernization that are almost exclusively concerned with the institutional and economic dimensions of the process or with foreign relations, and will appeal greatly to those interested in transnational cultural flows, the culture of colonialism, the invention of tradition, and the relationship between consumption and identity formation in the modern era.
Siamese Melting Pot
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Author : Edward Van Roy
language : en
Publisher: Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Release Date : 2018-02-14
Siamese Melting Pot written by Edward Van Roy and has been published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-14 with Social Science categories.
Ethnic minorities historically comprised a solid majority of Bangkok's population. They played a dominant role in the city's exuberant economic and social development. In the shadow of Siam's prideful, flamboyant Thai ruling class, the city's diverse minorities flourished quietly. The Thai-Portuguese; the Mon; the Lao; the Cham, Persian, Indian, Malay, and Indonesian Muslims; and the Taechiu, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainanese, and Cantonese Chinese speech groups were particularly important. Others, such as the Khmer, Vietnamese, Thai Yuan, Sikhs, and Westerners, were smaller in numbers but no less significant in their influence on the city's growth and prosperity. In tracing the social, political, and spatial dynamics of Bangkok's ethnic pluralism through the two-and-a-half centuries of the city's history, this book calls attention to a long-neglected mainspring of Thai urban development. While the book's primary focus is on the first five reigns of the Chakri dynasty (1782-1910), the account extends backward and forward to reveal the continuing impact of Bangkok's ethnic minorities on Thai culture change, within the broader context of Thai development studies. It provides an exciting perspective and unique resource for anyone interested in exploring Bangkok's evolving cultural milieu or Thailand's modern history.
Thailand At The Margins
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Author : Jim Glassman
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2004-03-04
Thailand At The Margins written by Jim Glassman and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-04 with Science categories.
Jim Glassman addresses the role of the state in the industrial transformation of what was, before the economic crisis of 1997-98, one of Southeast Asia's fastest growing economies. Approaching this issue from a different angle to those dominating 1980s and 1990s debates about the role of states in East Asian growth, Glassman argues that the Thai state has been both proactive and interventionist in encouraging industrial transformation - contrary to what neo-liberals have asserted - but at the same time has not been a 'developmental' state of the sort championed by neo-Weberian analysts of East Asia. Analyzing the Cold War period, the period of the economic boom, as well as the economic crisis and its political aftershock, Thailand at the Margins recasts the story of the Thai state's post-World War II development performance by focusing on uneven industrialization and the interaction between internationalization and the transformation of Thai labour.
Land And Loyalty
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Author : Tomas Larsson
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-01
Land And Loyalty written by Tomas Larsson and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with Political Science categories.
Domestic and international development strategies often focus on private ownership as a crucial anchor for long-term investment; the security of property rights provides a foundation for capitalist expansion. In recent years, Thailand's policies have been hailed as a prime example of how granting formal land rights to poor farmers in low-income countries can result in economic benefits. But the country provides a puzzle: Thailand faced major security threats from colonial powers in the nineteenth century and from communism in the twentieth century, yet only in the latter case did the government respond with pro-development tactics. In Land and Loyalty, Tomas Larsson argues that institutional underdevelopment may prove, under certain circumstances, a strategic advantage rather than a weakness and that external threats play an important role in shaping the development of property regimes. Security concerns, he find, often guide economic policy. The domestic legacies, legal and socioeconomic, resulting from state responses to the outside world shape and limit the strategies available to politicians. While Larsson's extensive archival research findings are drawn from Thai sources, he situates the experiences of Thailand in comparative perspective by contrasting them with the trajectory of property rights in Japan, Burma, and the Philippines.
Worshipping The Great Moderniser
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Author : Irene Stengs
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2009
Worshipping The Great Moderniser written by Irene Stengs and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Religion categories.
An examination of social imaginary surrounding Thai kingship and Thainess that yield an intriguing amalgam of ideas concerning popular religion, Buddhist kingship, nationalism, and material culture. It explores the contemporary appeal of King Chulalongkorn and considers what this ruler's unprecedented popularity says about Thai society.
Breaking The Chains
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Author : Martin A. Klein
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1993
Breaking The Chains written by Martin A. Klein and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Noting that the modern perception of slavery is so colored by the American experience that people tend not to see other forms, eight essays describe the servile institutions in Asia and Africa during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the examples are the Ottoman Empire, Thailand, the Gulf of Guinea, and Senegal. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Informal Empire And The Rise Of One World Culture
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Author : G. Barton
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-05-27
Informal Empire And The Rise Of One World Culture written by G. Barton and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-27 with History categories.
Informal empire is a key mechanism of control that explains much of the configuration of the modern world. This book traces the broad outline of westernization through elite formations around the world in the modern era. It explains why the world is western and how formal empire describes only the tip of the iceberg of British and American power.