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Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation
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Siam Mapped as mentioned in this paper explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation, and 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.Abstract:
This 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.read more
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