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Imperial amnesia : Britain, France, and "the question of Siam" / Nigel J. Brailey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brailey, Nigel J.
- Series:
- History of international relations, diplomacy, and intelligence ; v. 11.
- History of international relations, diplomacy, and intelligence, 1874-0294 ; v. 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thailand--History--1782-1945.
- Thailand.
- History.
- Chulalongkorn (Rama V), 1868-1910.
- Thailand--Foreign relations--1782-1945.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 298 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Britain, France, and "the question of Siam"
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; St. Louis, Mo. : Republic of Letters Publishing BV, 2009.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- King Chulalongkorn's 1897 European tour
- 'Siam' and the 'scramble' for Southeast Asia
- The 'Siam question'
- The splendid isolation crisis and Siam, 1895-6
- Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns and the Chakri reformation : domestic change in Siam, 1894-99
- Charles Rivett-Carnac and the campaign to internationalize the Siam question
- Survival : 'Siam' and the entente cordiale
- Siam 'the land the west forgot', and the aftermath of the entente cordiale
- Thailand, imperialism's 'missing link'
- index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 639338998
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