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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.
Parents are exhausted. When did raising children become such all-consuming, never-ending, incredibly expensive, and emotionally absorbing effort? In this eye-opening book, Nina Bandelj explains how we got to this point—how we turned children into financial and emotional investments and child-rearing into laborious work.
At the turn of the 20th century, children went from being economically useful, often working to support families, to being seen by their parents as vulnerable and emotionally priceless.
