This unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the 19th-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation. Siam Mapped challenges much that has been written on Thai history because it demonstrates convincingly that the physical and political definition of Thailand on which other works are based is anachronistic.
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Thongchai Winichakul is emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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在19世紀後半葉,被當地民眾稱為「賀人」的大批中國土匪在太平天國(1850–1864)失敗後從華南前來,成為當地一患。
民族主义屈辱地“丧失领土”成为了具有欺骗性的历史,而真正丢失的东西几乎从未被听说过。民族国家的“地缘机体”(geo-body)被地图塑造成一种新的拜物教。现在,它可以要求人们为仅仅几英尺的国土做出牺牲。
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