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Neil A. Englehart
Culture and Power in Traditional Siamese Government [PDF ebook]

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A broad reevaluation of Siam’s political culture as it existed prior to King Chulalongkorn’s administrative reforms in the nineteenth century. Englehart offers evidence to show that traditional Siamese government functioned more effectively and rationally than most scholars have acknowledged.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 130 ● ISBN 9781501719110 ● File size 9.5 MB ● Publisher Cornell University Press ● City Ithaca ● Country US ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6368789 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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