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| List of Illustrations | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Editorial Note | |
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| The Beginnings of Tai History | |
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| The Tai Village and Muang | |
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| Nan Zhao | |
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| Mainland Southeast Asia in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries | |
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| Tai and the Classical Empires | |
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| Dvaravati | |
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| Angkor and the Tai | |
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| The Yonok Country of the Upper Mekong | |
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| The Tai World in 1200 | |
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| A Tai Century, 1219-1350 | |
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| The Kingdom of Lan Na | |
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| The Siamese, Sukhothai, and the South | |
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| Ayutthaya and Its Neighbors, 1351-1569 | |
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| The Rise of Ayutthaya | |
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| The Renewal of Lan Na | |
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| The Rise of Lan Sang-Luang Prabang | |
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| Universal Monarchs, Universal Warfare | |
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| The Empire of Ayutthaya, 1569-1767 | |
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| Ayutthaya, Burma, and the West | |
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| Lan Na in a Time of Tumult | |
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| Ayutthaya - Sources of Strength and Instability | |
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| Burma and the Tai World | |
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| The Early Bangkok Empire, 1767-1851 | |
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| The Abortive Reconstruction of King Taksin | |
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| Rama I's New Siam | |
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| Interlude: Rama II 1809-1824 | |
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| Rama III: Conservative or Reactionary? | |
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| Mongkut and Chulalongkorn, 1851-1910 | |
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| King Mongkut's Cautious Reforms | |
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| A New King versus the "Ancients" | |
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| Internal Power and External Challenge | |
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| From Reforms to Modernization | |
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| Siam in 1910 | |
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| The Rise of Elite Nationalism, 1910-1932 | |
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| King Vajiravudh and the Thai Nation | |
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| The Last Absolute Monarch | |
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| The Military Ascendant, 1932-1957 | |
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| The Early Constitutional Period | |
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| Phibun's Nationalism and the War, 1938-1944 | |
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| Between Hot and Cold Wars | |
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| Phibun's Second Government, 1948-1957 | |
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| Development and Revolution, 1957-1982 | |
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| Sarit as Paradox | |
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| In the Shadow of Vietnam, 1963-1973 | |
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| The Social and Political Costs of Development | |
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| Revolution and Reaction, 1973-1976 | |
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| Fresh Starts, 1976-2002 | |
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| Hesitation and Uncertainty, 1976-1980 | |
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| Stability and Growth in the 1980s | |
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| The Crisis of 1991-1992 | |
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| More Democratic Regimes | |
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| Kings of Sukhothai | |
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| Kings of Lan Na, Chiang Mai, and Nan | |
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| Kings of Ayutthaya, Thonburi, and Bangkok | |
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| Prime Ministers of Thailand, 1932-2002 | |
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| Notes | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Index | |