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Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-body of a Nation
Thongchai Winichakul
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Description for Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-body of a Nation
paperback. This study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation. Siam Mapped demonstrates that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic. Num Pages: 280 pages, M. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 518.
This unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation. Siam Mapped challenges much that has been written on Thai history because it demonstrates convincingly that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic.
This unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation. Siam Mapped challenges much that has been written on Thai history because it demonstrates convincingly that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824819743
SKU
V9780824819743
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About Thongchai Winichakul
Thongchai Winichakul is emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Reviews for Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-body of a Nation
In telling his story of the encounters ... Thongchai generates a number of remarkably original insights into the dynamics of Siamese/Thai history in the 19th and 20th centuries. With Siam Mapped Thongchai presents an exciting and fertile new approach to the emergence of modern nationhood and nationalism." —AAS Committee Citation "A highly original and important study... A work where ... Read more