The History of Thailand (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations) [Hardcover]

Patit Paban Mishra (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 19, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0313340919 | ISBN-13: 978-0313340918

Thailand is a fascinating country with a very rich culture and history. Today, it is home to over 60 million people, and is a newly industrialized nation with an emerging world economy. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of rice, with roughly half of its arable land dedicated to rice fields. As home to one of the earliest iron and bronze cultures, Thailand can be regarded as a "cradle of civilization."

This book is divided into 11 chapters that follow an introduction that explains the text's scope, organization and methodology. A chronology of historical events, biographical entries on key figures, a bibliography, a glossary of terms, and selected maps provide an enlightening, complete view of Thailand's culture and world significance.

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The people of Thailand call their country "Ratchaanachak Thai"—Kingdom of Thailand. During two periods of history, Thailand was called "Siam"—in 1855-1939 and 1946-1949. By any name, this nation has a truly unique culture due largely to its status as the sole Southeast Asian nation that successfully resisted western colonization.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 182 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood (August 19, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313340919
• ISBN-13: 978-0313340918
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
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• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Patit Paban Mishra is Professor of History at Sambalpur University, India, where he specializes in World History with particular reference to South Asian and South-East Asian History. He obtained his MA History at Delhi University, and his MPhil (1974) and PhD (1979) at JNU New Delhi in the Centre for South, Southeast and Central Asian Studies. In 1998 Professor Mishra was awarded the D.Litt degree from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. He has taught History for almost 30 years and supervised M.Phil, Ph.D and D. Litt scholars. In 2004, he was the President of Indian History Congress (Sect. IV). He is also President of Orissa History Congress for 2010-2011. He is the author of over 30 research articles and has written about 800 articles in more than 65 Encyclopedias, all published by the reputed publishers of the USA. Professor Mishra has an outstanding scholarly reputation as an Encyclopedia editor, Chairperson/participant of twenty International Conferences, three dozen national conferences, Visiting Professor/Fellow and author or co-author of 8 books and numerous monographs. Currently he is engaged in co-editing the Encyclopedia of the Middle East and South Asia (ME Sharpe, the USA) and Native Peoples of the World: South Asia and Middle East Tribes (ME Sharpe, the USA).
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1.0 out of 5 stars $40 for a Kindle Book?, October 22, 2011

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$40 for a Kindle book? Seriously? No thanks. I'll get one of the other hundreds of other books on this topic. I'm not sure what the publisher is trying to accomplish here.