Thailand A Short History Book

	List of Illustrations
	List of Tables
	Preface to the Second Edition
	Preface to the First Edition
	Editorial Note
1	The Beginnings of Tai History	1
	The Tai Village and Muang	6
	Nan Zhao	10
	Mainland Southeast Asia in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries	13
2	Tai and the Classical Empires	17
	Dvaravati	17
	Angkor and the Tai	21
	The Yonok Country of the Upper Mekong	25
	The Tai World in 1200	28
3	A Tai Century, 1219-1350	30
	The Kingdom of Lan Na	33
	The Siamese, Sukhothai, and the South	39
4	Ayutthaya and Its Neighbors, 1351-1569	50
	The Rise of Ayutthaya	52
	The Renewal of Lan Na	63
	The Rise of Lan Sang-Luang Prabang	72
	Universal Monarchs, Universal Warfare	72
5	The Empire of Ayutthaya, 1569-1767	86
	Ayutthaya, Burma, and the West	87
	Lan Na in a Time of Tumult	104
	Ayutthaya - Sources of Strength and Instability	107
	Burma and the Tai World	115
6	The Early Bangkok Empire, 1767-1851	122
	The Abortive Reconstruction of King Taksin	122
	Rama I's New Siam	128
	Interlude: Rama II 1809-1824	144
	Rama III: Conservative or Reactionary?	149
7	Mongkut and Chulalongkorn, 1851-1910	166
	King Mongkut's Cautious Reforms	166
	A New King versus the "Ancients"	175
	Internal Power and External Challenge	184
	From Reforms to Modernization	192
	Siam in 1910	197
8	The Rise of Elite Nationalism, 1910-1932	210
	King Vajiravudh and the Thai Nation	211
	The Last Absolute Monarch	222
9	The Military Ascendant, 1932-1957	232
	The Early Constitutional Period	234
	Phibun's Nationalism and the War, 1938-1944	241
	Between Hot and Cold Wars	250
	Phibun's Second Government, 1948-1957	256
10	Development and Revolution, 1957-1982	266
	Sarit as Paradox	267
	In the Shadow of Vietnam, 1963-1973	276
	The Social and Political Costs of Development	281
	Revolution and Reaction, 1973-1976	287
11	Fresh Starts, 1976-2002	293
	Hesitation and Uncertainty, 1976-1980	293
	Stability and Growth in the 1980s	298
	The Crisis of 1991-1992	304
	More Democratic Regimes	306
App. A	Kings of Sukhothai	309
App. B	Kings of Lan Na, Chiang Mai, and Nan	310
App. C	Kings of Ayutthaya, Thonburi, and Bangkok	312
App. D	Prime Ministers of Thailand, 1932-2002	314
	Notes	317
	Suggestions for Further Reading	323
	Index	335