Studies in Thai History Development and Authority will find a

and Authority will find a wide and appreciative audience among students and scholars of Vietnamese culture

Blending the methodologies of cultural history and ethnography

take the annotations out of their meticulously researched footnotes of the translation proper and deftly integrate them into a history

more than two hundred excerpts of sazigyo texts are quoted

one political crisis after another has ensued

Studies in Thai History Development and Authority will find aPreeminent Southeast Asian scholar David Wyatt brings together in this one rich volume all of his major early articles, many of which readers may not have had the privilege of reading and enjoying. The 18 pieces, reprinted from articles written between 1963 to 1988, cover the captivating journey of Thai history from early Siam up to the origins of modern Thailand, through the "family politics" of the Ayudhya and Bangkok periods, the so called "First