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Author: B. J. Terwiel
“Thailand’s Political History” tackles some of Thailand’s most topical and pressing historical debates.
It discusses the development and evolution of the Siamese state from the early Sukhothai period through the fall of Ayutthaya to the rise of the Chakri dynasty in the late 18th century and its consolidation of power in the 19th.
Moving into the twentieth century, it traces the emergence of the Thai nation state, the large-scale investments in modern infrastructure.
Dorothy A. Brown’s “Getting to Reparations” makes a logical and necessary case for reparations to atone for America’s original sin of slavery. It lays out a path as to how this might be achieved, built on the frameworks used throughout US history by the government to pay restitution. The idea of reparations is not a new or original one; it is one that is baked into American history and it is now time to do the same for America’s Black population.
