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01999032: History Part II Modern History of

Modernization to 1 Modern Modernization to Globalization 2 : the modernizer

• 1853-1910 • Modernization/ • 1897 First visit to • 1907 Second visit to Europe • Strategy to avoid

3 Refashioning Siam • • Western Schooling • Abolishing • Collecting new objects • Western army

King Chulalongkorn (1 Oct. 1868 – 23 Oct.1910) Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poraminthra Maha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua, or V, was the fifth of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was known to the Siamese of his time as Phra Phuttha Chao Luang. Wikipedia 4 Chakri Throne Hall

5 Internal-colonization

• Anglo-Siam treaty over in 1874 • Railway expansion • Phumibun revolt (Millenarian movement) • Survey of provinces

6 • French gunboats threatened , 1893 • Territorial “lost”

7 Road-Rail-Steamboat

• Chareonkrung road • Hualamphong station • East Asiatic Port

8 Dusit

• New palace complex for absolutist monarch • Equestrian monument

9 Official

• and the creation of Nation • Burmese: external enemy/ Chinese: internal enemy • of the East • Nationality Act and Act Vajiravudh (23 Oct. 1910 – 25 Nov. 1925) Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Klao Chao Yu Hua or Rama VI (1 1880 – 25 1925), was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death. King Vajiravudh is known for his efforts to create and promote Siamese nationalism. His reign was characterized by Siam's movement further towards and minimal participation in War I. Wikipedia 10 Cult of Nation

• Tai Race, by W C Dodd • Our Wars with the Burmese, by Damrong • Historical theme stage performance 11 Entertainment in Bangkok

• Chalermkrung theatre • Newspaper and caricature criticizing the elite

12 End of Absolutism King 26 Nov. 1925 - 2 Mar. 1934)

Prajadhipok, also Rama VII, was the seventh monarch of Siam of the House of Chakri. He was the last absolute monarch and the first constitutional monarch of the country. Wikipedia

• • 24 Jun 1932, Revolution led by oversea educated officers and civil servants • Transition to constitutional 13 Phibunsongkram • Military factions emerge • Promoted Pan-Thaism • Siam to Thailand in 1939 •

Plaek Phibunsongkhram Field , locally known as Chomphon Por, contemporarily known as Phibun in the West, was Prime Minister and virtual military of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957. Wikipedia 14 Thailand under the Rising Sun • 1941 Phibun sided with • Seized “lost” back • East Co-prosperity sphere

15 Allied with USA

• Thailand was not occupied in postwar • USA as protector from Communist threat • Set up huge military bases (U Tapao, Takli, Udon) in Thailand for bomber in War 16 Domino Theory • Friendship Highway • Rise of American Culture • Pax Americana • USAID and US

17 Sarit-Thanom-Praphas Regime • Conservative military dictator • Paternalistic regime • Development project guided by World Bank

Sarit Thanarat was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963. Wikipedia 18 October 1973-1976

• Popular protest against dictator • 3 years of unstable democracy 19 General Prem rules in

• Restored parliamentary politics • Series of failed coup

Prem Tinsulanonda General is a retired Thai military officer who served as Prime Minister of Thailand from March 3, 1980 to 4, 1988. He now serves as the Head of the of the King of Thailand, . Wikipedia 20 Economic Boom to Bust

• Oil crisis led to restructure of Thai economy • Shifted from Import substituted to Export Oriented industrialization • NICs and of Asia

21 Bangkok & Eastern Seaboard • - Maptaput complex • Industrial estate • Discovery of • Expressway • Skyscrapers

22 Economic Crisis of 1997

• Devaluation of the Baht • Question on globalization • Return to self sufficient, localism

23 K Bhumibol & Sustainability

• Alternative development model • Subsistence economy • Royal development project • Unified factory in Thai society

King Bhumibol Adulyadej (9 June 1943 – present) Bhumibol Adulyadej is the King of Thailand. He is also known as Rama IX, as he is the ninth monarch of the Chakri . Wikipedia

24 Years

• Telecom tycoon turn politician 2001-2006 • Professional image • Nationalist to populist leader 25 Coup, Protest, Political Crisis,

26 Thailand and the World • / transportation hub in Global supply chain • Tourism-Spa-Agro business

27 ASEAN & AEC (2015)

28 Cultural Capital & Creative Economy

• Rise of Cultural Tourism • Selling “Thainess” in the Globalized world • Value creation • Food/ craft/ / fashion/ eco design etc.

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