Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-body of a NationThis 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 that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic. |
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administration ambiguous areas astrologers Ayudhya Bangkok period became border boundary British Buddhist Burma Burmese Burney Cambodia cartographer Chao Phraya Chiangmai Chulalongkorn claim concept cosmography crisis culture Damrong discourse dispute domain earth earth's surface eclipse ethnic European fact Figure force France French frontier geo-body geo-body of Siam historians Huaphan Ibid identified indigenous Kayah Kedah Kengtung kind king kingdom knowledge Lanna Luang Phrabang Luang Wichitwathakan Malay map of Siam McCarthy means Mekhong military modern geography Mongkut muang Nakhon nation nationhood officials overlords past Pavie Penang Perak Phongsawadan Phra Phuan political prathet premodern Province Rama realm reform region relations relationship River royal Ruang rulers Siam's Siamese Siamese court Siamese elite Sipsong Sipsong Panna Southeast Asia sovereignty space spatial story Sukhothai Surasakmontri survey Suwannaphum symbol Tamnan territory Thaeng Thai history Thailand Thainess Thiphakorawong tion towns traditional Traiphum treaty tributary Vajiravudh Vietnam Wako Western word