Worshipping the Great Moderniser: King Chulalongkorn, Patron Saint of the Thai Middle Class by Irene Stengs

Worshipping the Great Moderniser: King Chulalongkorn, Patron Saint of the Thai Middle Class

Irene Stengs

316 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction history
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Contemporary Thailand has seen the rise of an immense cult focused on King Chulalongkorn the Great (r. 1868-1910). In Worshipping the Great Moderniser, Irene Stengs explores the continuing appeal of King Chulalongkorn and considers what this ruler...

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