ACLS Humanities E-Book: Chinese society in Thailand: an analytical history

Chinese society in Thailand: an analytical history

Skinner, G. William (George William), 1925-

Year: c1957.

Publisher: Cornell University Press.

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Frontmatter

Preface

1. THE EARLY CENTURIES: The Chinese in Old Siam

A. Sino-Thai Relations up to the Seventeenth Century

B. Seventeenth-Century Chinese Society

C. The Eighteenth Century to the Fall of Ayutthaya

D. The Chinese under King Taksin and the Early Jakkri Dynasty

2. OPEN DOORS AND OPEN SPACES: Chinese Migration and Population Growth to 1917

A. The Background of Immigration

B. Speech Groups, Shipping, and Migration Patterns

C. Immigration Practice and Procedure

D. The Magnitude of Chinese Immigration

E. Factors Affecting Migration Rates

F. The Growth of the Chinese Population in Siam

G. The Expansion of Chinese Settlement

3. LIVELIHOOD IN A NEW LAND: The Chinese Position in the Thai Economy through the Fifth Reign

A. Antecedents of an Ethnic Division of Labor

B. Chinese Entrepreneurship

C. Labor and Artisans

D. The Chinese and Government Revenue

4. THE PATTERN OF INSTABILITY: Chinese Society in Siam from the Third through the Fifth Reign

A. Intermarriage and Assimilation

B. Chinese Society

C. The Chinese and the Thai Government

5. INTO A NEW ERA: Transition to Nationalism and Cohesion

A. The Rise of Chinese Nationalism

B. The Chinese Problem

C. The Evolution of Chinese Society

6. INFLUX AND FLUX: Demographic Trends, 1918-1955

A. The Climax and End of Mass Immigration

B. The Growth of the Chinese Population in Thailand

C. Age and Sex Distribution

D. Geographical Distribution

7. CONFLICTING INTERESTS: Chinese Life in Thai Society to 1938

A. Chinese and the Thai Economy

B. Chinese Education

C. Chinese Press and Politics

D. Thai Policy toward the Chinese

E. Social Change, 1918-1938

8. CRISIS, WAR, AND RESPITE: The Second World War and Its Aftermath

A. The Phibun Era, First Round

B. The Japanese Occupation

C. Sino-Thai Relations, 1945-1948

D. Chinese Community Organization, 1945-1948

9. REPRESSION AND RECONSIDERATION: Chinese under the Second Phibun Administration, 1948-1956

A. Chinese Social Structure

B. The Chinese Response to the Shifting Political Climate

C. New Forces in the Thai Economy

D. The Decline of Chinese Education

E. The Changing Order of Sino-Thai Relations

Notes

Reference Bibliography

Chinese Character Reference List

Index

Errata

reviews

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Title:

Chinese society in Thailand : an analytical history by G. William Skinner.

Author:

Skinner, G. William (George William), 1925-

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Chinese society in Thailand : an analytical history by G. William Skinner.
Skinner, G. William (George William), 1925-
Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, c1957.

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• Chinese -- Thailand

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