K. Hewison, Bankers and Bureaucrats: Capital and the Role of the State in Thailand (New Haven: Yale University Southeast Asian Studies, 1989).
P. Hirsch, Development Dilemmas in Rural Thailand (Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1990).
F. Molle and Thippawal Srijantr, Thailand’s Rice Bowl: Perspectives on Agricultural and Social Change in the Chao Phraya Delta (Bangkok: White Lotus, 2003).
R. Muscat, The Fifth Tiger: A Study of Thai Development Policy (New York: M. E. Sharpe and United Nations University Press, 1994).
7: Ideologies, 1940s to 1970s
Saiyud Kerdphol, The Struggle for Thailand: Counter-Insurgency, 1965–1985 (Bangkok: S. Research Center, 1986).
D. Morell and Chai-Anan Samudavanija, Political Conflict in Thailand: Reform, Reaction, Revolution (Cambridge, Mass.: Oelgeschlager, Gunn and Hain, 1982).
Kasian Tejapira, Commodifying Marxism: The Formation of Modern Thai Radical Culture, 1927–1958 (Kyoto: Kyoto University Press, 2001).
Thongchai Winichakul, ‘Remembering/silencing the traumatic past: the ambivalent memories of the October 1976 massacre in Bangkok’, in Shigeharu Tanabe and Charles F. Keyes (eds), Cultural Crisis and Social Memory: Modernity and Identity in Thailand and Laos (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2002).
8: Globalization and mass society, 1970s onwards
D. Arghiros, Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand (Richmond: Curzon, 2001).
Andrew Brown, Labour Politics and the State in Industrializing Thailand (London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004).
M. K. Connors, Democracy and National Identity in Thailand (New York and London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003).
Anek Laothamatas, Business Associations and the New Political Economy of Thailand: From Bureaucratic Polity to Liberal Corporatism (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1992).
M. B. Mills, Thai Women in the Global Labour Force: Consuming Desires, Contested Selves (New Brunswick, NJ, and London: Rutgers University Press, 1999).
Bruce D. Missingham, The Assembly of the Poor in Thailand: From Local Struggles to National Protest Movement (Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2003).
Shigeharu Tanabe and C. F. Keyes (eds), Cultural Crisis and Social Memory: Modernity and Identity in Thailand and Laos (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2002).
Andrew Walker, Thailand’s Political Peasants: Power in the Modern Rural Economy (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012).
9: A Political society, 1970s onwards
W. A. Callahan, Imagining Democracy: Reading ‘The Events of May’ in Thailand (Singapore: ISEAS, 1998).
Michael K. Connors and Kevin Hewison (eds), ‘Thailand’s “Good Coup”: The Fall of Thaksin, the Military, and Democracy’, special issue of Journal of Contemporary Asia 38, 1 (February 2008).
Paul Handley, The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006).
Kevin Hewison (ed.), Political Change in Thailand: Democracy and Participation (London and New York: Routledge, 1997).
Anek Laothamatas, ‘A tale of two democracies: conflicting perceptions of elections and democracy in Thailand’, in R. H. Taylor (ed.), The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996).
D. McCargo, Chamlong Srimuang and the New Thai Politics (London: Hurst, 1997).
D. McCargo (ed.), Reforming Thai Politics (Copenhagen: NIAS, 2002).
Duncan McCargo, ‘Network monarchy and legitimacy crises in Thailand’, Pacific Review 18, 4 (2005).
Ruth McVey (ed.), Money and Power in Provincial Thailand (Copenhagen: NIAS, 2000).
Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker, Thaksin (2nd ed. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2004).
Kasian Tejapira, ‘Post-crisis economic impasse and political recovery in Thailand: the resurgence of economic nationalism’, Critical Asian Studies 34, 3 (2002).
Naruemon Thabchumphon and Duncan McCargo, ‘Urbanized villagers in the 2010 Thai Redshirt protests’, Asian Survey 51, 9 (2011).
Index
1885 memorial 75–6
1912 plot 110, 113
1932 revolution 115–20, 131, 176, 241, 274
Abeel, David 39
Abhisit Vejjajiva 273, 278–9, 300
absolutism 70, 108–11, 117, 131, 140
Accelerated Rural Development programme 183, 223
agriculture 81–3, 85, 155–7, 158–9, 204, 212–14
air strikes 148
Akanya Sutta 20
Akat Damkoeng 107
Akha 155
Akorn Teng 92, 93
Al Qaeda 231
Amon Chantharasombun 256
Anand Panyarachun 153, 249, 250, 256, 261, 300
Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII), King 120, 140, 141, 174, 175
Anek Laothamatas 256
Angkor 3, 11, 14, 48
angyi 47, 65, 94, 129
anti-communism legislation 117, 119, 144, 180, 252, 305
Anu, Jao 27
Anuman Rajadhon, Phya 177, 300
Aphaiwanit, Luang 34, 96
army 52, 60–1, 67, 75, 95, 110, 116, 123, 167–70, 183, 193, 194, 195, 223
political power of 123–5, 141–8, 202, 203, 237–40, 248–53, 260, 273, 282
Asdathon family 151
Assembly of the Poor 219
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 275
Association of United Workers of Thailand 141, 180
Atsani Pholajan 181
automobile industry 151, 202, 204, 259
Ava 11, 21, 22
Ayutthaya 1, 8, 9, 10–23, 26, 71, 73, 165
Bamrung Kayota 217
Ban Phitsanulok advisory team 247
bandits 47–8, 53, 60, 170
Bang Rajan 127, 261
Bangkok 1, 26, 28, 30, 35, 36, 38, 46, 80, 88–9, 91, 92, 93, 137, 148–9, 161, 199, 204, 214, 240, 241
Bangkok Bank 151, 202, 262, 301, 302
Bangrak quarter 100
Banharn Silpa-archa 245, 248, 250, 255, 256, 300
Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) 160, 213
Bank of Asia 152
Bank of Thailand 150, 205, 208, 255
banking 91, 142, 151, 152, 153, 203, 205, 239, 258
Bao Dai, Emperor 143
beauty contests 123, 170, 207, 249
Beijing 128, 144, 146, 182
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King 141, 142, 175, 185, 186, 190, 194, 214, 238, 240–3, 249, 250, 260, 269, 300
Black May (1992) 250, 251
Board of Investment 150
Boonrawd family 93, 107
Border Patrol Police 148, 191, 194
Borneo Company 89, 96, 100
Borommakot, King 20, 26, 31, 76, 301
Boworadet, Prince (and revolt) 119–20, 123, 180
Bowring treaty 43–4, 48, 89
Brahmans, Brahmanism 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 41
Britain 13–14, 38, 44, 56–60, 63, 67, 89, 90, 136, 139, 172
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu 181, 189, 301, 307
Buddhism 7, 22, 40, 63, 65–6, 76, 106, 146, 161, 165, 171, 174, 176, 181–2, 184, 227–8, 229, 256
and kingship 18–21, 31, 185, 241
this-worldly 184, 189, 216
see also Sangha; Sangha Acts
budget bureau 150
Bulakun family 93, 130
Bulasuk family 93
Bunnag family 29, 30, 36, 42, 44, 52, 76, 82, 308
bureaucracy 95–6, 99, 109, 110, 160, 163, 170, 207, 209, 232, 247, 254
Burma, Burmese 11, 21–3, 27, 28, 38, 51, 58, 64, 73, 75, 126, 127, 131, 134, 211, 215, 219, 254
business associations 253
Cambodia (Khmer country) 11, 27, 31, 41, 56, 58, 60, 63, 131, 134, 190, 195, 211
Campaign for Popular Democracy (CPD) 249, 250
canals 47, 58, 82, 83, 90, 158
Canton 58, 92
Cantonese 95
, 207
Carabao band 225
Caravan band 197, 225
cartoons 109
cassava 156, 157, 213
central bank. See Bank of Thailand
Central group 152, 205
Chai-Anan Samudavanija 253, 256
Chainat dam 158
Chaisit Shinawatra 268
chaiyaphum 6–8, 25
Chakri dynasty 26, 29, 69, 70, 77
Chamlong Srimuang 233, 248, 250, 269, 301
Chanat Piyaoui 301
Chanthaburi 89
Chao Phraya River 1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 58, 142
Charnvit Kasetsiri 206, 301
Charoen Pokphand (CP) group 152, 206, 212, 249, 262, 303
Charoen Siriwattanapakdi 153, 259
Chart Kobjitti 222
Chat Thai (Thai Nation) Party 190, 193, 243, 246, 300, 302
Chatichai Choonhavan 243, 246–8, 254, 263, 268, 300, 302
Chatikavanich family 96
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh 238, 239, 255, 260, 263, 302
Chi River 83, 159, 213
Chiang Kai Shek 114
Chiang Mai 7, 9, 22, 27, 46, 53, 55, 83, 158, 205, 213, 218, 223, 275
Chiaravanon family 152
Chin Sophonpanich 151, 301, 302
China 9, 18, 44, 49, 56, 90, 113, 114, 128, 131, 136, 138, 143, 146, 151, 153, 181, 196, 206, 210, 211, 213
Chinese Chamber of Commerce 95, 114, 129, 151
Chinese community 93, 94–5, 101, 113–15, 122, 128–30, 144, 145, 146, 152–4, 205–7, 227, 244, 282
Chinese culture 34–5
Chinese migration 4, 5, 18, 25, 26, 27, 32–5, 46–51, 62, 81, 85, 152–4
Chinese schools 95, 144, 145, 180
Chirathiwat family 152, 205
Chitra Konuntakiat 206
Chokewatana family 152
Chonburi 171, 301
Chotikapukkana family 33, 34, 90
Chotikasathian family 33
Chua-Min Pao 180
Chuan Leekpai 254, 278, 300, 302
Chuang Bunnag 47, 51–2, 70, 74, 302
Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King 30, 33, 34, 51–6, 63, 64, 65–73, 75–7, 82, 101, 104, 105, 138, 163, 164, 227, 282, 302
Chulalongkorn University 95
Chuthamani, Prince 36
CIA 145, 147
cinema 102, 106, 107, 124, 166, 208, 261
Civil Service Commission 232
Civil Service School 66, 67, 95
Coca-Cola 150
Cold War 138, 139, 143, 149, 165, 167, 184, 190, 191, 197, 236, 247, 277, 284
communism 114, 117, 118, 139, 140, 143–5, 146, 154, 156, 167, 169, 179–84, 190, 193, 238, 239, 242, 277, 282
Communist Manifesto 143
Communist Party of Siam (Thailand) (CPT) 128, 144, 180, 186, 188, 195, 214, 238
Communist Suppression Operations Command (CSOC) 183–4
community culture movement 217
Computer Crime Act 271
Condominas, Georges 9
Constitution Day 123
Constitution Monument 123, 126, 303
Constitutional Court 256
constitutions 76, 105, 111, 117, 123, 147, 175, 190, 237, 239, 242, 243, 249, 253, 284
(1932) 118, 122, 137, 142, 169, 237
(1946) 139
(1997) 232, 256–7, 259–60
(2007) 271
contract farming 220
corvée labour 15, 41, 42, 51, 60, 161
coups 78, 105, 119, 120, 123, 142, 146, 193, 195
(1947) 141
(1957) 147, 176, 181
(1958) 147, 176
(1971) 185
(1976) 237, 238
(1981, April Fools) 238
(1991) 210, 222, 248–9
(2006) 270–3, 307
courts. See judicial system
Crawfurd, John 32
Crown Property Bureau 121, 164
Damrong Rajanuphap, Prince 42, 53, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 72, 77, 85, 111, 138, 165, 175, 302
dams 155, 158, 169, 214, 215, 217, 218, 219, 255
de Lacouperie, Terrien 112
debt, rural 87, 160, 188, 213, 218, 219, 261, 263
Democrat Party 140, 142, 193, 243, 253–4, 260, 263, 267, 269, 272, 273, 278–80, 300, 302
Democratic Soldiers group 238–9, 247, 302
development 139, 149–54, 165, 167
development plans 149, 150, 239, 256
Dhammakai movement 228
Dhani Nivat, Prince 174–5, 177, 242, 303
Dhanin Chiaravanont 303
Dhida Saraya 228
Dilok Nabarath, Prince 87
Dodd, W. C. 112
Dokmaisot 107
Don Muang airport 148
Donovan, William 148
drama 21, 34, 70, 125, 126–8, 129, 146, 206, 225
drugs 170, 232, 250
see also methamphetamine; opium
Dusit quarter 100
Dutch 13, 14, 18, 27, 81
East Asiatic company 97, 100
Eastern Seaboard 214, 247
economic crisis (1997) 210, 212, 219, 257–62
economic nationalism 129
Economic Plan (Pridi) 119, 121
education 65–6, 67, 74, 96, 108, 122, 150, 164, 171, 205, 207, 208, 213, 221–2, 253
Eisenhower, Dwight 147
Election Commission of Thailand 256
elections 124, 142, 146, 147, 190, 193, 238, 239, 245, 246, 249, 250, 253, 256, 263, 267, 269, 272
extraterritoriality 44, 48, 58, 62, 63, 113, 114, 122
farang 36–41, 64, 67, 89, 98, 110, 113, 148
Feroci, Corrado (Silpa Bhirasri) 126–7, 134, 303
films. See cinema
Fine Arts Department 125, 126, 241
fisheries 130, 213, 215, 218, 219, 253
flag, national 106
forest 1, 4, 23, 53, 56, 80, 155, 156, 169, 183, 214–15, 217, 229, 230
administration of 158, 171, 185, 218–19, 255
forest goods 11, 28, 32, 42, 53
forests 174
France 13–14, 56–60, 62, 68, 90, 134
Free Thai. See Seri Thai movement
gambling 33, 39, 47, 51, 52, 65, 74, 90, 130, 170, 244
Gedney, William 143
gender 16, 43, 85, 101–2, 107, 161, 208, 211
Germany 60, 87, 116, 124
Grammy company 225
Greater East Asian Conference 136
Green Revolution 158, 159
Haji Sulong Tomina 173, 231, 303
Hakka 33
Hanoi 58
Headman Li 154
health 5, 66, 101, 132, 155, 177, 212
hill peoples 5, 64, 174, 177, 219, 230
history 71–3, 75, 77, 107, 111–12, 137, 165, 171, 176, 188, 205, 224, 228, 237, 282–4
Hitler, Adolf 124, 128, 131
HIV (AIDS) 212
Hmong 155, 174, 183
Ho bands 58
Hokkien 32, 33, 100, 114, 153
Hong Kong 44, 88, 92, 93, 130, 204, 220
Hunter, Robert 36, 40
Iamsuri family 93
identity (ID) card 171
India, Indians 3, 10, 13, 19, 38, 44, 51, 53, 58, 62, 70, 89, 91, 100, 101
industry. See manufacturing
Interior Ministry 53, 170, 191, 236, 253
Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) 191, 237, 238, 239, 240, 271, 273
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 258, 260, 261, 263, 278
investment, foreign 90, 150, 202, 258, 259
irrigation 6, 158, 160, 177, 215, 220, 239
Isan 55, 162, 172
Islam. See Muslims
jao pho 245
jao sua 33–5, 90–1, 92, 93, 96, 102, 114
Japan 13, 84, 102, 114, 124, 128, 134, 143, 181, 220
and the Second World War 134–6, 138, 140
as a model 74, 76, 108, 111, 202–3
investment from 203–4, 223
Japan–Siam Association 124
Japanese goods, boycotts of 114,
128–9
jataka tales 31, 41, 242
Jatuporn Promphan 275
Java 51, 81, 89, 100
Jit Phumisak 143, 180, 182, 185, 188, 303
Joey Boy 207
Joni Odochao 217
judicial system 55, 65, 121, 269, 271, 272, 273
Julin Lamsam 130
junk trade 15, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 44, 89, 90, 92, 97
Kader toy factory 211
Kalyanamit family 33
Kammachon band 197
kamnan 157
Karen 5, 155, 217, 228
Kasian Tejapira 206
Kasit Piromya 272
Kavila 27
Kedah 27, 63
Kelantan 63, 230
Khana ratsadon. See People’s Party
Khaosai Galaxy 226
Khmer 3, 4, 24, 28, 62, 64, 101, 126, 128, 131, 172
Kho Jo Ko scheme 217
Khon Kaen 55, 83
Khorat 3, 5, 13, 27, 28, 29, 41, 53, 82, 83, 120, 155, 156, 172, 199, 226, 238, 246, 302, 304
Khorat Plateau 3, 5, 27, 28, 29, 41, 82, 156
Khrong Chandawong 172–3, 182, 304
Khruba Siwichai 78
Khun Chang Khun Phaen 16, 307
King and I, The 147
King Power company 259
Korea 143, 144
Korean War 151
Korn Chatikavanij 278
Koson Huntrakun 93, 107
Krairiksh family 30, 33
Kraisak Choonhavan 247
Krathing daeng (Red Gaurs) 191, 194, 239
Kriangsak Chomanand 196
Krisna Asokesin 222
Krue-se mosque 231
Kui 5, 172
Kukrit Pramoj 101, 140, 141, 163, 164, 189–90, 191, 193, 196, 197, 243, 247, 301, 304, 306
Kulap Kritsananon (K. S. R. Kulap) 73–5, 76, 107, 303
Kulap Saipradit 98, 107, 108, 109, 144, 181, 185, 304
Kuomintang (KMT) 113, 114, 128, 130, 144
labour, urban 93, 110, 122, 140, 141, 150, 161, 180, 188, 211–12, 218
labour control 15, 38, 41–3, 60, 74
labour legislation 146, 150, 188, 210
Lampang 55, 63
Lamphun 6, 55
Lamsam family 93, 130, 152
Lanchang 8, 9, 21
land tax 85
land titling 82, 83, 87, 158, 160
landholding 5–6, 82–8, 146, 156, 159, 212
Lanna 8, 9, 10, 13, 21, 22, 28, 39, 53, 55, 61, 66, 78, 89, 128
Lao 5, 11, 13, 24, 27, 28, 31, 62, 63, 64, 100, 101, 127, 132, 172, 209
Laos 131, 147, 148, 183, 190, 193, 211, 220