Culture and Power in Traditional Siamese Government

Neil A. Englehart (Author)

9780877271352

Paperback / softback, published 1 January 2001

130 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 0.8 cm, 0.454 kg

This book introduces a very important and largely neglected aspect of Thai studies.

A broad reevaluation of Siam's political culture as it existed prior to King Chulalongkorn's administrative reforms in the nineteenth century. Englehart offers evidence to show that traditional Siamese government functioned more effectively and rationally than most scholars have acknowledged.