Literature on the History of South East Asia |
Burma | Cambodia |
NARRATIVE . References : Online Secondary Sources . Online Primary Sources . Bibliographic and Print Sources for earlier history, see Ayutthaya . Sukhothai for regional history, see Sultanate of Pattani . Nakhon Si Thammarat (Ligor) . Phuket (Junk Ceylon) . Satun see also History of Mainland Southeast Asia |
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Until the 14th century From the 9th to the 14th centurty, the territory of modern Thailand was part of the Khmer Empire, which had its center at Angkor (modern Cambodia). The Thai, believed to be driven out of present-day Yunnan and adjacent regions by the Mongol conquest of Nanzhao (Dali), which was completed in 1253, migrated southward, establishing the Kingdoms of Sukhothai in 1238, of Lanna in 1262, of Ayutthaya in 1351. From the 14th century until 1782 Sukhothai was absorbed by Ayutthaya in 1583, Lanna in 1774. The Burmese conquest of Ayutthaya in 1767 marks a turning point in Thai history. Briefly Thonburi served as capital (1767-1782). Siam, as the country was called, recovered. The first Portuguese embassy arrived in 1511; a treaty between Portugal and Siam was signed in 1516. The Portuguese established trade factories in Ayutthaya and in other places in Siam. The first V.O.C. embassy arrived in 1608; a treatyu between the V.O.C. and Siam was signed in 1616. The V.O.C. established a trade factory in Ayutthaya. In 1662 Pope Alexander VII created the Vicariate Apostolic of Siam; the Missions Etrangeres de Paris were charged with its establishment and maintenance. In 1680 the French East India Company (est. in 1664) established contact; Siam sent embassies to France in 1680, 1684, 1686, 1688. The first French embassy arrived in Siam in 1685. French engineer Lamarre, at Siamese request, built a fortress in Bangkok. The French garrison at Bangkok was taken and France's influence curtailed in the 1688 Revolution. 1782-1932 The E.I.C. (British) conquest of Tenasserim (1824), Lower Burma (1852) and Upper Burma (1886), the French acquisition of Cambodia (1859), Cochinchina (1863), Annam, Tonkin (1885) made the position of Siam ever more precarious. In 1893 France took possession of Laos. In 1907/1909 French Indochina and British Malaya were expanded at the expense of Siam. Siam was able to maintain her independence as a buffer state. since 1932 In 1932 a coup d'etat marks the begin of a policy of modernization. The country was renamed Thailand. In World War II (1941) Thailand was coerced into becoming a Japanese ally. While Communist guerillas successfully fought the governments in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, in Thailand the armed forces remained in control of the country. In 1954 Thailand was one of the founder nations of SEATO, in 1967 of ASEAN. Historical Atlas : Thailand Page |
Country Profiles | Current |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Wikipedia;
from Index Mundi;
from CIA World Factbook, Countries : Thailand Library of Congress Country Studies : Thailand; from World Wide Gazetteer |
Historic |
J.B. Pallegoix, Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam: comprenant la topographie, histoire naturelle, moeurs .. (1854) in French. posted on
Internet Archive J. Bowring, The Kingdom and the People of Siam, vol.1, 1857, vol.2, 1857, GB N.A. McDonald, Siam: its government, manners, customs, &c 1871, GB; Internet Archive G.B. Bacon, Siam, the land of the white elephant, as it was and is (1892), posted on Internet Archive J.G.D. Campbell, Siam In The Twentieth Century (1902), posted on IA A.C. Carter, The Kingdom of Siam (1904), posted on Internet Archive P.A. Thompson, Siam: An Account of the Country and the People (1910), posted on Internet Archive Translation of van Vliet's Description of the Kingdom of Siam JSS 1910, van Vliet served as V.O.C. representative in Siam 1629-1634) |
Links | General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL, from dmoz;
from Virtual Library Thailand List of Thailand-related Topics, from Wikipedia Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia |
on History |
Category : History of Thailand, from Wikipedia |
Historical Dictionary |
Siampedia |
Timelines | Thai Perspective |
Timelines | Other Perspective |
from timelines.ws, a website exploiting
US newspaper articles, very detailed on the 20th century;
from BBC News;
from Pattaya City |
Accounts of History | Thai Perspective |
from Royal Thai Embassy, click "about Thailand";
from The Royal Thai Embassy, Ottawa, Canada Thai History, from AuNet (7 chapters) |
Accounts of History | Other Perspective |
History of Thailand (Siam) from Lonely Planet,
from Asia Tours, 4 chapters;
from geographia.com, scroll down for history and culture;
from World Travel Guide;
Article History of Thailand, from Wikipedia Geschiedenis van Thailand, from Bert's Geschiedenis Site, in Dutch Sanderson Beck, Siam, Cambodia and Laos 1800-1950 W.A.R. Wood, A History of Siam (1924), posted on IA F.H. Turpin, Histoire civile et naturelle du royaume de Siam, vol.1, 1771, vol.2, 1771, in French GB |
Specific Periods / Events |
Yong En En, Do you think the 1932 Coup was
an inevitable result of Chulalongkorn's reforms, or could things have turned out differently ?, NUS History Society e-Journal Thailand, Once Called Siam, pp.353-363 in : John Gunther, Inside Asia, 1942 War Edition, NY : Harper & Brothers (1938) 1942 Articles : Thonburi Kingdom, Rattanakosin Kingdom (Kingdom of Siam), History of Thailand (1932-1973), History of Thailand since 1973, from Wikipedia G. Barton, Defining Informal Empire: The Case of Siam and the Middle East, n.d. |
Historiography | Thai Perspective |
Somkiat Wanthana, The politics of modern Thai historiography,
library catalogue entry Chia Mengtat Jack, Muay Thai Nationalism : A Study of Film as a Historical Text in the Representation of Thai Nationalism, NUS History Society e-Journal Thongchai Winichakul, A Short History of the Long Memory of the Thai Nation Anna and the King : Controversy and Post-Colonialism in Thailand, by Pawit Mahasarinand Prince Damrong, The Story of the Records of Siamese History, JSS 1911 |
Historiography | On Thai Perspective |
Review : Patrick Jory, Problems in Contemporary Thai Nationalist Historiography,
from Kyoto Review 2003 Eiji Murashima, The commemorative character of Thai historiography : The 1942-43 Thai military campaign in the Shan States depicted as a story of national salvation and the restoration of Thai independence , abstract from faqs Siam History and Controversy, from Tom of Thailand Prachatai : Thongchai: Thai-style history education makes Thais ignorant and narcissistic, 2013 |
Historiography | Other Perspective |
Politics | Links |
Political Resources on the Net : Thailand;
Governments on the WWW : Thailand Category : Politics of Thailand, from Wikipedia |
General |
Article Politics of Thailand, from Wikipedia Thailand Profile, from International Crisis Group |
Institutions |
Article : National Assembly of Thailand,
Senate of Thailand, from Wikipedia |
Political Parties, Movements |
Category : Political Parties in Thailand |
Foreign Relations | General |
w. Britain. |
G. Finlayson, St. Raffles, The mission to Siam, and Hue : the capital of Cochin China,
in the years 1821-1822, 1826, GB J. Crawfurd, Journal of an embassy from the governor-general of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China, vol.1, 1830, vol.2, 1830, GB |
w. Ceylon |
K. Sinlapakon, Religious intercourse between Ceylon and Siam in the eighteenth century (1908),
vol.1, vol.2,
posted on Internet Archive |
w. China |
Thailand-China Relations, by Chulacheeb Chinwanno |
w. Portugal |
Siampedia, Foreign Settlements : The Portuguese in Ayutthaya |
w. the V.O.C./the Netherlands |
Siampedia, Foreign Settlements : The Dutch in Ayutthaya |
w. France |
Relations Franco-Thailandaises : Presentation Historique, from
Ambafrance Ch. Lemire, La France et le Siam: Nos relations de 1662 a 1903; situation economique, situation politique 1903, in French, IA D. Wright-Hamish, The Second Empire and Siam: a brief look at Franco-Siamese relations during the 19th century |
w. Japan |
Japan-Thailand Relations, from MOFA Japan |
w. the Netherlands |
Dijk, Ludovicus Carolus Desiderius,
Neerland's vroegste betrekkingen met Borneo, den Solo-Archipel, Cambodja, Siam en Cochin-China een nagelaten werk, 1862, in Dutch, SBB |
w. Prussia |
R. von Werner, Die preussische Expedition nach China, Japan
und Siam in den Jahren 1860, 1873, in German, IA |
w. Russia |
Y.V. Afanasiev, Russian-Thai Relations : History and Modern Times;
Russian-Thai Relations : Historical Background, from Embassy of the Russian Federation
in Thailand |
w. the U.S. |
Looking Back : 175 Years of Relations, from U.S. Embassy
Bangkok E. Roberts, Embassy to the eastern courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat (U.S., 1832-1834), 1837, GB U.S. Dept. of State, Office of the Historian, Visits By Foreign Leaders of Thailand |
Military | General |
see here Article Military History of Thailand, from Wikipedia W.E. Matthews, Civil-military relations in Thailand military autonomy or civilian control? , thesis Calhoun 2005 |
Branches, Facilities |
Articles Royal Thai Air Force,
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, from Wikipedia |
Militaria |
Orders, Decorations and Medals of Thailand, from ODM |
Economy & Finances | General |
Article Economy of Thailand, from Wikipedia Global Integrity : Thailand 2007 Category : Enterprise Thailand, from Economy Point History of Weights and Measures in Thailand, from NWMC Economic Structure : Thailand, April 13th 2007, from Economist Intelligence Unit |
Economic History |
Economy and History : Thailand and the Wheel of Commerce, abstracts of 5 papers posted by Thammasat University Education and Natural Resources in Economic Development : Thailand Compared with Japan and Korea, from fasid.or.jp The Economics of the Second World War in Southeast Asia, by Greg Huff Development of the Country in the National Plans (1961-1986), from Technological Independence - the Asian Experience by S. Chamarik and S. Goonatilake J. Homan van der Heide, The Economical Development of Siam during the Last Half Century, JSS 1906 P. Ouyyanont, Industrialization of Bangkok before the Second World War , 2009 |
Currency & Finances |
A Global History of Currencies : Thailand History of the Bank of Thailand Article Stock Exchange of Thailand : History, from Wikipedia Article : Thai Baht from Wikipedia P. Phanomvan, 19th Century Early Rattanakosin Prices Based on "Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhlaram Ratchaworamahawihan" (Chetupol Temple Archives) 2013 |
Trade |
The Traditional Caravan Trade between Yunnan and North Thailand, from
CPA Media History of Thailand : The Opium Trade, 1908-1940, from Seansite American Trade with Siam : a Report, 1898, IA Ch. Erichsen, Siam som handelsland: og "det Østasiatiske kompagni,", 1900, in Danish, IA |
Agriculture |
History of Phuket : Tin, Rubber and Tourists Opium and the Hmong, by Gary Y. Lee Success in Curbing Opium Production in the Golden Triangle, from UN Information Service Prinz Dilok, Die Landwirtschaft in Siam, 1908, IA |
Mining |
History of Phuket : Tin, Rubber and Tourists Thailand : the Oil Fund (since 1979), from ESCAP Virtual Conference |
Crafts & Industries |
Thailand Energy Profile, from Energy Information
Administration; Thailand - an Energy Case Study, by Dave Cohen Jim Thompson, Thailand's Silk King, from CPA Media |
Tourism |
History of Thailand's National Tourist Office History of Phuket : Tin, Rubber and Tourists A Centennial of Thai Business, Management Study from 1892 to 1992, by Darunee Kaewmoung |
Individual Companies |
Search Company History,
Funding Universe : Company Histories for Thailand Company Histories : Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand; PTT Public Company Ltd.; Krung Thai Bank, Thai Airways, Charoen Pokphand Group, Siam Cement, from Funding Universe |
Social History | General |
Thailand : History of the Third Sector,
Thailand : History of Philanthropy, from Philanthropy and the Third Sector in Asia and the Pacific |
Education |
History of Thai Education, from MOE Thailand U.S. Consulate in Bangkok, Progress of western education in China and Siam (1880), IA P. Suksod-Barger, Religious Influences in Thai Female Education (1889-1931), thesis Loyola Univ. Chicago 2010 L.R. Costa, Exploring the History of Women's Education and Activism in Thailand, Explorations in South East Asian Studies 1997 Article : Education in Thailand, Wikipedia Educational Heritage Project, Thailand J.S. Anderson, Forces for change in nineteenth century Siam: the origins of modern educational development in the Fourth Reign, thesis Hong Kong 1974 |
Crime |
Thailand, from Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World (Robert Winslow) |
Law |
R.H. Gesley, The legal colonization of Thailand, thesis Univ. of Wisconsin 1970 A. Iijima, The "International Court" System in the Colonial History of Siam, Taiwan Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 5 (1) 2008 pp.31-64 |
Class, Elite |
S. Tongsiensom, Western knowledge and intellectual groups in Japan and Thailand in the nineteenth century: the Meirokusha and Young Siam, thesis Univ. of Washington 1990 |
Slavery |
R.B. Cruikshank, Slavery in Nineteenth Century Siam, JSS 1971 |
Health |
Article : Traditional Thai Medicine, Wikipedia S. Charuluxananan et al., History and evolution of western medicine in Thailand, Asian Biomedicine Vol. 1 No. 1 June 2007 Ouay Ketusingh Museum of History of Thai Medicine, Mahidol Univ. |
land |
J. Vechbanyongratana, Ordinary Landholder Living Standards in Early Twentieth-Century Siam, draft 2013 |
Ethnography |
Languages of Thailand (74), from Ethnologue Minorities at Risk : Asia, scroll down for Thailand; entries on Chinese, Malay Muslims, Northern Hill Tribes Travel and Ethnic Minorities in Thailand, from Peoples of the World Country Report : Thailand, from U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (Reports 1997-2006) Forced Migration Online, Research Guide Thailand, from FMO 2002 Hill Tribes and Forests : Minority Policies and Resource Conflicts in Thailand, by Reiner Buergin, thesis Univ. Freiburg 2000 World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Thailand Down Sampeng Lane : the Story of Bangkok's China Town, from CPA Media Vietnamese of Isaan, from CPA Media The Black Dragon of Northern Thailand (Yunnanese Refugees), from CPA Media Wang Liulan, Yunnanese Muslims along the Northern Thai Border, from Kyoto Review 2004 Minority Politics in Thailand - a Hmong Perspective, by Gary E. Lee Opium and the Hmong, by Gary Y. Lee Bangkok Horse Trams and Chinatown Gang Wars (1889), from Bangkok Tramways The Vietnamese in Thailand : A Cultural Bridge in Thai-Vietnamese Relationship, by Thanyathip Sripana Ph.N. Bose, The Indian Colony of Siam, 1927, IA L.J. Curtis, The Laos of North Siam 1903, GB |
Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Thailand Category Religion in Thailand, from Wikipedia The Virtual Jewish History Tour : Thailand; Thailand, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project Mahanikay, Thammayutika Nikaya, from Overview of World Religions Catholic Church in Kingdom of Thailand, from GCatholic The Crescent in North Thailand : Muslims in Chiang Mai, from CPA Media The Ghost People of Chiang Dao, from CPA Media Isan's Palace of the Gods, from CPA Media Religious Diversity in a Buddhist Majority Country : the Case of Islam in Thailand, by Imtiyaz Yusuf, Buddhapia 2003 Buddhism in the Kingdom of Siam : Its Past and Its Present, by Phra Rajpnyamedhi, in : Buddhapia 2007 Peter Hourdequin, Muslim influences in seventeenth century Ayutthaya , Diss. Univ. of Hawai'i 2007 P. Jotisakultratana, Mothers of all peoples. Goddesses of Thailand from prehistory until the present, thesis California Inst. of Integral Studies 2013 S.H. Son, Christian revival in the Presbyterian Church of Thailand between 1900 and 1941 : an ecclesiological analysis and evaluation, thesis Stellenbosch 2003 |
History of Regions |
Provinces of Thailand,
Divisions of Thailand, from www.statoids.com I. Bushell, Merchants and Missionaries. The Place of the Lanna States of Siam in the Informal Empire of Great Britain between 1883 and 1921, thesis Univ. of Wales 2011 |
Local History |
History of Bangkok, from Wikipedia History of Ayutthaya, from Wikipedia History of Chiangmai, from Wikipedia Languid Lamphun : Thailand's Oldest City, from CPA Media |
Institutions |
Mahidol University, from Wikipedia;
Education in Thailand, from Wikipedia;
Thai Academy of Science and Technology, from The Interacademy Panel Censorship in Thailand, from Wikipedia Suvarnabhumi Airport, from Wikipedia; Thai Airways International, from Wikipedia; History, from Airports of Thailand Public Company Ltd.; Siam, Thailand, from Airline History Timeline of Thai Railways, by Nils Rennenberg Stock Exchange of Thailand, from Wikipedia Structurae : Thailand; Search Lighthouse Depot for Thailand Article Thai Public Broadcasting Service : History, from Wikipedia Article : State Railway of Thailand, from Wikipedia Bangkok Tramways Timeline of Thai Railways, from 2 Bangkok |
Culture |
A. Subrahmanyan, Reinventing Siam: Ideas and Culture in Thailand, 1920-1944,
thesis UC Berkeley 2013 J. Yamprai, Establishment of western music in Thailand, thesis Univ. of Northern Colorado 2011 |
Biographies |
List of Thai Actors,
Actresses,
Field Marshals,
Film Directors,
Kings,
Prime Ministers, from Wikipedia |
Environmental History |
Indo-Malayan Ecoregion, from WWF Disaster History by Country : Thailand, from Relief Web |
Others |
International Boundary Studies, search for Thailand Thailand, from UK Food Online, a culinary history of Thailand Peace Corps Online David K. Wyatt, Family Politics in 17th and 18th Century Siam (1986) Historical Background, from Thai Red Cross |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from Regnal Chronologies;
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) Kings of Thailand, from The Government Public Relations Department, with some clickable biographies History (List) of Thai Prime Ministers, from Thai Government Siam (oder Tsiam), pp.51-52 in 1799 pt.1, p.53 in 1800 pt.1, pp.53-54 in 1801 pt.1, pp.53-54 in 1802 pt.1, pp.50-51 in 1803 pt.1, of Genealogisches Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch, in German, GB |
Lists of Ambassadors |
Chinese Ambassadors to Thailand, from PRC MOFA;
List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom
to Thailand, from Wikipedia; Liste der Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Bangkok (Thailand), from
Wikipedia German edition U.S. Ambassadors to Thailand, from NNDB; Canadian Ambassadors to Thailand, from MOFA Canada; Embajadores de Mexico en Tailandia, from Acervo Historico Diplomatico List of Canadian Heads of Post, click Thailand |
Statistical Data | Responsible Institution |
National Statistical Office, Thailand |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Thailand, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht City Population : Thailand, from City Population |
Exchange Rates |
Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990 Federal Reserve (U.S.) : Foreign Exchange Rates, Historic |
Election Results |
from Psephos (since 2001);
from IFES Election Guide (since 2000);
from Elections and Electoral Systems |
Documents | Historical Newspapers | Hemerotheques |
ICON, International Coalition on Newspapers, Newspaper Digitization Projects,
scroll down for Thailand |
Individual Historic Newspapers |
Siam Repository vol.1 1869,
vol.2 1870, GB |
Selected Articles |
Thailand News Archive, from Thai Pro (reports of 2003-2004) |
Modern Newspapers |
links from World Newspapers History of Thailand, from World History Archives |
Online Yearbooks |
American Missionary Association : Bangkok Calendar
1861,
1862, GB Statesman's Year-Book 1866 pp.665-669, GB, 1867 pp.693-697, GB, 1868 pp.693-697, GB, 1869 pp.700-704, GB, 1870 pp.697-700, GB, 1871 pp.697-700, GB; 1871, pp.697-700, IA, 1872, pp.696-700, IA, 1873, pp.695-699, IA, 1874, pp.697-701, IA, 1875, pp.697-701, IA, 1876, pp.709-713, IA, 1877, pp.726-730, IA, 1878, pp.726-730, IA, 1879, pp.725-731, IA, 1880, pp.725-731, IA, 1881, pp.725-731, IA, 1883, pp.725-729, IA, 1884, pp.801-807, IA, 1885, pp.823-829, IA, 1886, pp.845-850, IA, 1887, pp.874-879, IA, 1888, pp.882-887, IA, 1889, pp.893-899, IA, 1890, pp.917-922, IA, 1891, pp.921-927, IA, 1892, pp.932-938, IA, 1894, pp.934-940, IA, 1895, pp.934-939, IA, 1896, pp.934-939, IA, 1898, pp.933-938, IA, 1899, pp.996-1002, IA, 1903, pp.1079-1086, IA, 1913, pp.1246-1254, IA, 1919, pp.1244-1252, IA, 1921, pp.1272-1279, IA |
Newsreels |
British Pathe Wochenschau-Archiv (in German) Archief Beeld en Geluid : Polygoon (in Dutch) |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Accidental Collections |
Historical Photos of Thailand, from Wikimedia Commons Thailand Forum, Thailand and Siam History Photos |
Oriental Collections Items on Thailand |
Trolleys in Thailand : Bangkok, Lop Buri, from Tram Views of Asia Image Databank : South East Asian Images & Texts, from University of Wisconsin Digital Collection (on Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia) AGSL Digital Photo Archive : Asia and Middle East Asian Historical Architecture, a Photographic Survey |
Universal Collections Items on Thailand |
License Plates, from License Plates of the World,
from Francoplaque Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Airline Timetable Images : Thailand |
Archival Deposits |
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Mofa, NL ;
enter "Thailand" in field : "Lijst samenstellen op land of regio", 1 entry; sources posted in Dutch language U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, search for Thailand Search Janus for Siam, Thailand Search ARCHIEVEN.NL for Siam, Thailand Search New Zealand Electronic Text Centre for Siam, Thailand Search CIA Released Documents for Thailand |
Constitutions |
Laws |
Thai Legislation Database Internet Law Library : Thailand List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Thailand, from ILO, 13 docs. since 1919 1991 Constitution, from Thai National Assembly Draft civil and commercial code for the Kingdom of Siam : book on obligations, 1914, IA The penal code for the kingdom of Siam (draft version.) R.S. 127 (1908), 1908, IA |
Historiography |
Document Surveys |
British Library, Guide to Current South Asian Official Publications; scroll down for Thailand J. Burnay, Inventaire des Manuscrits Juridiques Siamois first part, JSS 1929, suite, JSS 1930, suite, JSS 1930, suite, JSS 1932 |
Document Collections |
History 244 (Cornell 1998); has a number of documents
in English translation Foreign Office (British) : Peace Handbooks (1919-1920), IA; v. 12. China, Japan, Siam, no. 67-74 Search New Zealand Electronic Text Centre for Siam, Thailand Documents diplomatiques: Affaires de Siam (1893) in French, IA Copies of despatches from Her Majesty's ambassador at Paris, relative to the agreement between Great Britain and France for constituting a neutral state between their possessions in Indo-China, 1893, IA |
Individual Documents |
Historical Maps | responsible institutions |
Royal Thai Survey Department, Wikipedia Article |
information |
D.F. Rooney, The Mapping of Thailand, an Introduction |
collections : Asia |
Historical Map Archive : Historical Maps of Asia |
collections : Thailand |
see here Search Atlas of Mutual Heritage for Phuket (Oedjang Salang), Bangkok, Ayutthaya Maps of Thailand, posted by Mapas Imperiales, scans, scroll down for Tailandia PRINT : J.M. Pluvier, Historical Atlas of South-East Asia, Leiden : Brill 1995 [G] Thailand Maps, PCL, UTexas Category : Old Maps of Thailand, Maps of the History of Thailand, from Wikimedia Commons Chao Phraya Delta Research and Reference Site, Old Maps Gallery Thailand, the Land of Smiles Thailand Historical Maps Historical Maps Archive : Historical Maps of Indo-China |
Asia, Modern |
Maps : Eastern Hemisphere 550 B.C.,
527 BC,
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Asia 700 AD,
800 AD, by Thomas Lessman |
Asia, Historical |
Asia : Güssefeld/Homann 1793,
Güssefeld/Homann 1805,
Schmidt/Schropp 1820,
Herisson 1848, GDZ Asia 1892, PCL, UTexas |
Thailand, Modern |
Map of Ethnic Groups in Thailand, from IKAP - MMSEA Siam 1809, 1785-1909, from Thailand's World |
Thailand, Contemporary |
Indochina 1886, Poricany Siam 1904, 1906, 1932, from Probert Encyclopedia |
Detail, Modern |
Detail, Contemporary |
U.S. Army Map Service, Indochina and Thailand, 1:250,000,
1954-, PCL, UTexas |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article Siam,
Ayuthia,
Bangkok,
Korat, from EB 1911 Article Siam, Bangkok, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German (Siam) Article : Siam, Royaume de, pp.8-17, in vol.31 of D. Diderot, Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, nouvelle edition, 1778, in French, GB |
Religious |
Article Siam from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 |
Economic |
Siam, pp.237-238, in vol.2 of S. Ricard, Traite general du commerce,
1781, in French, GB Siam, pp.201-203 in vol.4 pt.1 of J.M. Demeunier, Economie politique et diplomatique, 1788, in French, GB Handel zu Siam, pp.52-58, in : Friedrich Ludwig Langstedt, Geschichte des asiatischen Handels, 1803, in German, GB Entry : Siam, pp.675-681 in : J.F. Lange et al., Übersicht und Berechnung aller Münzen, Ellenmaasse und Handelsgewichte von allen Welttheilen, 1804, in German, GB Siam, pp.438-444 in vol.2 of W. Milburn, Oriental Commerce, 1813, GB Entry : Siam, in J. Blunt, The shipmaster's assistant, and commercial digest, 1837, GB Siam, pp.1009-1012 in Handels-Almanach oder Uebersicht des in den verschiedenen Ländern der Erde Wissenswürdigsten für den Handel, 1838, in German, GB Gülich, Gustav von, Geschichtliche Darstellung des Handels, der Gewerbe und des Ackerbaus der bedeutenden handeltreibenden Staaten unserer Zeit (Historical Description of Trade, Industry and Agriculture of the Important Trading States of Our Time), Jena : Frommann 6 vol.s 1830-1845, chapter : Birma, Siam und Cochinchina, vol.4 1844 pp.236-238, in German, posted by DTBSWS Handelsberichte der kaufmännischen Begleiter der Ostindischen Expedition (Mercantile Reports by Traders Accompanying the Prussian East Asian Expedition), Berlin : Königliche Geheime Ober-Druckerei 1861, in German, posted by DTBSWS : Fr. Wolff : Sia,, pp.23-31 E.G. Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific; products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures (1885), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive; search for Siam |
Geographical |
Sian, pp.61-63 in : Nicholas Sanson, L'Europe
[l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amerique] en plusieurs cartes, 1683, in French, GB Entry : The Kingdom of Siam, pp.112-123, in : T.G. Smollett, The Present State of the World, vol.7 1768, posted on Google Books J.C.M.R., Korte Schets van den tegenwoordigen staat van het Half-Eiland beoosten de Ganges, pp.317-347 in : vol.4 of Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap der Kunsten en Weetenschappen, 1786, in Dutch, GB, on Siam pp.321-322 Siam, pp.512-544 in vol.5 of L.P. Anquetil, Precis de l'Histoire Universelle ou Tableau historique presentant les vicissitudes des Nations ... , 1799, in French, GB Siam, pp.160-174 in vol.2 of J. Pinkerton, Modern Geography 1804, GB G.Th. Landmann, A universal gazetteer; or, Geographical dictionary of the world (1835), posted on Internet Archive; search for Siam Siam, p.378 in A. Harris, A geographical hand book, 1862, GB Siam, pp.458-486 in vol.8 of E. Reclus, Universal Geography, n.d. [1876-1894], IA Siam pp.249-252 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB Serials Genealogisches Staats-Handbuch, vol.65 1827 p.317, vol.66 1835 pp.366-367, vol.67 1839 p.392, in German, GB |
Ethnographical |
Entry : Regno di Siam, pp.226-277, in vol.4 of
D. G. Ferrario, Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli, 1824, in Italian, GB Siam pp.176-179 in S. Morewood, A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors, 1838, GB Royaume de Siam, pp.388-389 in X. Heuschling, Manual de statistique ethnographique universelle, 1847, in French, GB Siam, pp.517-525 in G.G. Chisholm, The world as it is; a popular account of the countries and peoples of the earth 1884, IA The Siamese pp.203-205 in A.H. Keane, The World's Peoples: A Popular Account of Their Bodily & Mental Characters , 1908, GB Siam, pp.4609-4634 in vol.6B of J.A. Hammerton, Peoples of All Nations, c.1920, illustrated, IA |
Historical |
The Present State of Siam, pp.61-91 in vol.1 of T. Salmon, Modern History or
the Present State of All Nations 1744, GB P.J.A. Roubaud, Histoire generale de l'Asie, de l'Afrique, de l'Amerique, vol.1, 1770, vol.2, 1770, vol.3, 1770, vol.4, 1770, vol.5, 1770, vol.6, 1770, vol.8, 1771, vol.9, 1771, vol.10, 1771, vol.11, 1771, vol.12, 1771, vol.13, 1775, vol.14, 1775, vol.15, 1775, in French, GB; search for Siam |
Other |
Article : Siam, from Röll, Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
(Encyclopedia of Railroads) 2nd ed. 1912-1923, in German |
Parliamentary Debates |
Tour Guides |
J. Conder, Birmah, Siam, and Anam, 1826, GB J. Conder, The Modern Traveller, vol.11 : Burmah, Siam, &c., 1830, IA |
Travelogues |
J. Crawfurd, Journal of an embassy from the governor-general of India to the courts of Siam
and Cochin China exhibiting a view of the actual state of those kingdoms,
vol.1, 1830,
vol.2, 1830, GB H. Mouhot, Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos vol.1 1864, vol.2 1864, GB H. Malcolm, Travels in south-eastern Asia: Embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China 1839, GB |
Residence Memoirs |
J. Tomlin, Journal of a Nine Months Residence in Siam, 1831, GB F.A. Neale, Narrative of a Residence in the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam H.W. Smyth, Five Years in Siam from 1891 to 1896 (1898), posted on IA |
Institutions | Archives |
National Archives of Thailand Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Buddhist-related Art : Thailand UNESCO Archives Portal : Government Archives, National Asia Pacific, one entry for Thailand, scroll down |
Musea | Lists, Links |
Category : Museums in Thailand, from Wikipedia National Museum in Thailand |
Musea | Museum Websites |
Monuments |
Tentative Lists : Thailand,
World Heritage List, scroll down for Thailand; from UNESCO World Heritage Thailand Index, from Showcaves The Ramakien Writ Large : The Mural Galleries of Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkok, from CPA Media |
Libraries |
National Library of Thailand Libraries in Thailand, from LibDex |
National Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW;
Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry;
National Anthem, from National Anthems Net |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of Thailand, from World Currency Museum;
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money;
from Zeno Medal : Reception of the Siamese Ambassadors by Pope Innocent XI, 1688, posted by Christopher Eimer Coins - Modern Thailand, Rattanakosin Thailand, from Zeno World Coin Catalog : Patani, Thailand, from Numismaticon Thailand, AR Bullet Money/Unalom, 1782 - 1809 AD, from Hillsdale College Archives |
Stamps |
Rare Siam/Thailand Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery |
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PRINT SOURCES Bibliographies . Online Libraries . Thesis Servers . Online Journals . General Accounts . Specific Topics . Historical Dictionaries . Statistical Data . Yearbooks |
Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library |
on Thailand | survey of bibliographies |
bibliographic database |
Thai National Bibliography, IFLA Entry |
general bibliographies |
pp.209-213 in H.E. Smith, Historical Dictionary of Thailand, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1976 [G] Thailand, from The Online Books Page Thailand Bibliography, from University of Washington, University Libraries, Southeast Asia Section Bibliography, from Library of Congress Country Studies : Thailand M. Watts, World Bibliographical Series No.65 : Thailand, Oxford : Clio 1986 [G] |
annual bibliographies |
specialist bibliographies |
Mabbett, Hale, Early Thai history : a select bibliography, 1978, IA Tribal Textiles, Thailand Bibliography Thailand Women Studies Bibliography J. Halpern, An annotated bibliography on the peoples of Laos and Northern Thailand [selected sources in English, French and Japanese, published since 1945] 1961 Bibliography, Thai, Lao and Cambodian Manuscript Collection, British Library CSCA Mission Research and Documentation Portal, CSCA: SOAS Mission Collection on Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Indochina and Myanmar : Thailand, 2005 |
serial publications |
List of Thai Khadi Research Institute's Publications in TIC Database New Asia Books : Thailand |
general bibliographies Thailand entries |
Search Asian Development Bank (ADB) Publications for Thailand ASEAN Environmental Education Inventory Database, resources, scroll down for Thailand Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on South East Asia South East Asia Dissertations, click South East Asia, Thailand Ch.11 : De Scriptoribus Rerum Orientalium atque Asiaticarum, Par.6 : Siamensium rerum scriptores, pp.244-247 in B.G. Struve, Selecta bibliotheca historica, 1705, in Latin, GB ; a catalogue of narrative historical sources |
booksellers |
Books on the History of Thailand and Siam
, on Modern History of Thailand,
Hill Tribes, from DCO Thai Books on Thailand, from Orchid Press |
Online Libraries | general |
Google Books;
Internet Archives;
Gutenberg Library Online;
HathiTrust;
e-corpus Gallica Center for Research Libraries (CRL) International Boundary Studies, search for Thailand Search New Zealand Electronic Text Centre for Siam, Thailand |
on Thailand |
Thai Manuscripts Online Silpakorn University, Thapra Digital Library (Thai language site; Rare Books features an online library of Thai books; Thesis Online a library of mainly Thai language theses) South East Asia Digital Library (project) South East Asia Visions, at Cornell ISEAS Working Papers, Back Issues 2000-2003 |
Thesis Server |
Open Access Theses and Dissertations Registry of Open Access Repositories, Thailand Open Access Theses and Dissertations South East Asian Studies, Student Theses, from Ohio University Silpakorn University, Thapra Digital Library (Thai language site); Rare Books features an online library of Thai books; Thesis Online a library of mainly Thai language theses |
Online Journals |
Directory of Open Access Journals Search Electronic Journals Online for Thailand Journal of Southeast Asian History 1960-1969, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 2009-, from Cambridge Journals Online (require registration) ASEAS (Austrian Journal of South East Asian Studies), open access, 2008- Asia Insights, from NIAS, 2002- Southeast Asian Studies 1963-, mostly in Japanese Explorations, 1997- Graduate Student Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, CSEAS, Univ. of Hawaii The Siam repository: containing a summary of Asiatic intelligence vol.2, 1870, IA Thai Khadi Journal 2004- (has abstracts in Thai) Journal of the Siam Society, Archive |
Historiography |
Article : Thai Historiography - Chronicles, by D.K. Wyatt, pp.879-881,
Article : Thai Historiography - Modern (from 1900), by S. Wanthana pp.881-882, in vol.2 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
General Accounts |
Nicholas Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, 4 vol.s, Cambridge : UP (1992) 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959 T188c David K. Wyatt, Thailand - A Short History, New Haven : Yale Univ. Press (1982) 1986 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.27, pp.769-779 Article Southeast Asia : Thailand KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.27 |
Special Topics |
Historical Dictionaries |
Harold E. Smith, Historical and Cultural Dictionary of Thailand, Lanham Md : Scarecrow 4th edition 2005 Articles : Pattani pp.441-444, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G] |
Historical Atlasses |
Jan M. Pluvier, Historical Atlas of Southeast Asia, Leiden : Brill 1995 [G] |
Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] |
Yearbook Entries | Britannica Book of the Year | 1913 pp.1134-1135, 1942 pp.653-654, 1943 p.689, 1944 pp.692-693, 1945 pp.692-693, 1946 pp.673-674, 1947 pp.692-693, 1948 p.672, 1949 pp.583-584, 1950 p.671, 1951 pp.673-675, 1952 pp.677-678, 1953 p.686, 1954 pp.686-687, 1955 pp.737-738, 1956 p.675, 1957 p.740, 1958 pp.679-680, 1959 p.678, 1960 pp.677-678, 1961 pp.676-677, 1962 pp.671-672, 1963 pp.786-787, 1964 pp.808-809, 1965 pp.804-805, 1966 pp.741-742, 1967 pp.730-731, 1968 pp.740-741, 1968 pp.740-741, 1969 p.724, 1970 pp.730-731, 1971 pp.711-712, 1972 p.672, 1973 p.668, 1974 pp.663-664, 1975 pp.670-671, 1976 pp.656-657, 1977 pp.657-659, 1978 pp.667-668, 1979 p.661, 1980 pp.664-665, 1981 pp.655-656, 1982 pp.663-664, 1983 pp.660-661, 1984 pp.659-660, 1985 pp.519-520, 792, 1986 pp.514-515, 791, 1987 pp.484-485, 759, 1988 pp.441-442, 711, 1989 pp.441-442, 711, 1990 pp.458-459, 727, 1991 pp.440-441, 712, 1992 pp.413, 712, 1993 pp.416-417, 728, 1994 pp.417-418, 728, 1995 pp.482-483, 728, 1996 pp.478-479, 728, 1997 pp.482-483, 726, 1999 pp.505-506, 722, 2002 pp.501-502, 740 |
Statesman's Year-Book | 1878 pp.726-730, 1889 pp.893-898, 1895 pp.934-939, 1898 pp.933-939, 1901 pp.1047-1054, 1902 pp.1059-1065, 1904 pp.1112-1119, 1905 pp.1135-1143, 1906 pp.1394-1401, 1907 pp.1457-1464, 1910 pp.1209-1215, 1918 pp.1260-1268, 1919 pp.1244-1252, 1924 pp.1276-1284, 1925 pp.1283-1292, 1926 pp.1247-1256, 1928 pp.1288-1295, 1929 pp.1264-1271, 1932 pp.1276-1285, 1937 pp.1310-1317, 1942 pp.1318-1326, 1943 pp.1312-1319, 1960-1961 pp.1426-1433, 1970-1971 pp.1359-1365, 1973-1974 pp.1371-1378, 1975-1976 pp.1364-1369, 1976-1977 pp.1361-1367, 1978-1979 pp.1164-1169, 1979-1980 pp.1173-1178, 1980-1981 pp.1169-1174, 1981-1982 pp.1175-1181, 1982-1983 pp.1375-1380, 1983-1984 pp.1173-1178, 1984-1985 pp.1169-1175, 1985-1986 pp.1170-1176, 1986-1987 pp.1169-1175, 1987-1988 pp.1173-1179, 1988-1989 pp.1177-1183, 1989-1990 pp.1184-1189, 1990-1991 pp.1184-1189, 1991-1992 pp.1188-1193, 1992-1993 pp.1270-1275, 1993-1994 pp.1274-1279, 1994-1995 pp.1273-1278, 1995-1996 pp.1260-1265, 1996-1997 pp.1241-1246, 1997-1998 pp.1239-1244, 1998-1999 pp.1353-1359, 2000 pp.1519-1525, 2001 pp.1487-1493, 2002 pp.1542-1548, 2003 pp.1542-1548, 2004 pp.1561-1567, 2005 pp.1571-1577, 2006 pp.1580-1586, 2007 pp.1208-1212, 2008 pp.1208-1212 |
(New) Int'l Yearbook | 1898 p.701, 1899 p.735, 1900 pp.820-821, 1907 pp.718-719, 1908 pp.648-649, 1909 pp.649-650, 1913 pp.632-633, 1914 pp.639-640, 1916 pp.634-635, 1918 pp.592-594, 1919 p.615, 1920 pp.627-628, 1921 p.658, 1923 pp.694-695, 1925 pp.643-644, 1928 pp.692-693, 1930 pp.715-716, 1932 pp.750-752, 1933 pp.745-746, 1934 pp.647-648, 1935 pp.664-665, 1938 pp.673-675, Thailand 1939 pp.759-760, 1940 pp.738-739, 1941 pp.650-652, Events of 1942 pp.681-682, 1943 pp.635-637, 1944 pp.615-617, Siam 1945 pp.529-531 |
Americana Annual | 1927 pp.788-789, 1928 pp.720-721, 1930 p.707, 1931 pp.702-703, 1932 pp.658-659, 1933 pp.709-710, 1934 pp.545-546, 1935 pp.652-653, 1936 pp.666-668, 1937 pp.640-642, 1938 pp.634-636, 1939 pp.696-697, 1943 pp.703-704, 1944 pp.679-680, 1945 pp.693-695, 1946 pp.669-671 1940 pp.756-757, 1947 pp.637-638, 1957 pp.777-778, 1961 pp.754-755, 1962 pp.761-762, 1963 pp.675-676, 1964 pp.658-659, 1965 p.685, 1967 pp.680-681, 1968 pp.668-669, 1969 pp.679-680, 1970 pp.679-680, 1971 p.669, 1972 p.669, 1973 p.668, 1974 p.586, 1976 pp.103, 543, 1988 p.522, 1989 p.529, 1990 p.517, 1992 p.523, 1993 p.533, 1994 p.535, 1998 p.542, 2006 p.372 |
YB on Int'l Communist Affairs | 1973 pp.551-557, 1974 pp.545-550, 1976 pp.384-388, 1978 pp.319-324, 1979 pp.290-293, 1980 pp.299-304, 1984 pp.277-280, 1988 pp.223-225, 1989 pp.271-273 |
Other |
Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events 1902 pp.626-629 [G] Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1932 p.474, 1933 pp.466-467, 1934 pp.477-478, 1935 pp.475-476, 1936 pp.450-451, 1937 pp.453-454, 1938 pp.456-457, Thailand 1939 pp.504-505, 1940 p.497, 1941 pp.468-469, 1942 p.442, 1943 pp.440-441, 1944 pp.367-369, 1946 pp.364-368, Thailand 1952 pp.420-421, 1961 p.327 [G] |