This study examines a number of themes underlying the struggle to identify the character and causes of the violence engulfing suthern Thailand's border provinces since 2004. It begins by outlining key representations of the southern problem in Thailand.
A History of Thailand offers a lively and accessible account of Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. This book explores how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree peasants was transformed and examines how the monarchy managed the foundation of a new nation-state at the turn of the twentieth century. The authors capture the clashes between various groups in their attempts …