Sovereign Necropolis
By the 1890s, Siam (Thailand) was the last holdout against European imperialism in Southeast Asia. But the kingdom''s exceptional status came with a substantial caveat: Bangkok, its bustling capital, was a port city that was subject to many of the same legal and fiscal constraints as other colonial treaty ports. Sovereign Necropolis offers new insight into turn-of-the-century Thai history by disin...
By the 1890s, Siam (Thailand) was the last holdout against European imperialism in Southeast Asia. But the kingdom''s exceptional status came with a substantial caveat: Bangkok, its bustling capital, was a port city that was subject to many of the same legal and fiscal constraints as other colonial treaty ports. Sovereign Necropolis offers new insight into turn-of-the-century Thai history by disin...
