| Description |
xvii, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Studies in contemporary Thailand ; v. 2 |
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Studies in contemporary Thailand ; vol. 2
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1 The Setting: Siam in the Mid-Nineteenth Century 1 -- 1.1 Bangkok's Hegemony in Siam 7 -- 1.1.1 Sociopolitical Features 7 -- 1.1.2 Socioeconomic Features 13 -- Chapter 2 Political Transformation in Siam 17 -- 2.1 Bangkok vis-a-vis the North 17 -- 2.2 Bangkok vis-a-vis the South 22 -- 2.3 Bangkok vis-a-vis the Northeast 28 -- 2.4 A Note on Siam as a "Buffer State" 35 -- Chapter 3 Economic Transition and Class Formation at the Beginning -- of the Twentieth Century 41 -- 3.1 Class Formation 57 -- 3.2 The Appearance of Free Labour 66 -- 3.3 The Birth of the Legal Ownership of Land 67 -- 3.4 Capital Formation and its Accumulation in Rice Production 69 -- 3.5 New Alignments of Political and Economic Power 72 -- 3.6 The Political Implication of Economic Transformation 74 -- Chapter 4 State Formation in Siam: The Formation of the State in -- Peripheral Capitalism 81 -- 4.1 Causes in History 82 -- 4.2 The Foundation of the Absolute Monarchy (1873-1892) 85 -- 4.3 Bangkok Expansionism 92 -- 4.4 The Northern Case 93 -- 4.5 The Formation of the Nation-State 99 -- 4.5.1 From Fragmentation to Unification 99 -- 4.5.2 Articulation of State Power at the Local Level 101 -- 4.5.3 Pillars of the State 104 -- 4.6 The Theory of the State in Siam at the Turn of the Century 111 -- 4.7 The State in Siam as the State in Peripheral Capitalism 118 -- 4.7.1 M echanisms of Political Rule in Siam 127 -- Chapter 5 The State in Peripheral Capitalism: Analytical Features and -- Modes of Working in Siam 131 -- 5.1 An Elaboration of the State in Peripheral Capitalism in Siam 132 -- 5.1.1 Legal Relations between the State and its Subjects 132 -- 5.1.2 The State Apparatus as an Organization of Economic Extraction 133 -- 5.1.3 The State as Bureaucracy 134 -- 5.1.4 The State as Generator of Cultural Formulation 34 -- 5.1.5 The Growth of Economically Dominant Classes and the Role of -- External Forces 135 -- Chapter 6 The Birth of Thai Nationalism 149 -- 6.1 Changes Leading to the Revolution of 1932 155 -- 6.2 The Conflict over Finance 158 -- 6.3 Ideological Strife 160 -- Chapter 7 Conclusion 163 -- 7.1 A Theoretical Discourse on the Question of State Formation and -- Social Formation 163 -- 7.2 State and Class Power 171 |
| Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Manchester) presented under the title: The social and state formation in Siam, 1855-1932 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-200) and index |
| Subject |
Social classes -- Thailand.
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Monarchy -- Thailand.
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Social structure -- Thailand.
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| SUBJECT |
Thailand -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002109
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Thailand -- History -- 1782-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134447
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| Author |
Chaiyan Rajchagool.
Social and state formation in Siam, 1855-1932
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| LC no. |
2006457158 |
| ISBN |
1879155311 Cheney paperback |
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187915532X Cheney |
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