Historical Dictionary of Thailand, Third Edition

by Harold E. Smith, Gerald W. Fry, Gayla S. Nieminen, et al.

Throughout its history, Thailand has shown remarkable resiliency, adaptability, and creativity in responding to serious threats and crises, and this since much earlier times when it was known as Siam. This book, while focusing on the modern period, does reach back to ancient kingdoms but also shows the impressive rise to a modern democracy, although still endowed with a king, and even more impressively, an economic "tiger." Moreover, it has become...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081087802X
• ISBN13: 9780810878020
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 710 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"