A history of Ayutthaya Siam in the early modern world

"Early European visitors placed Ayutthaya alongside China and India as the great powers of Asia. Yet in 1767 the city was destroyed and its history has been neglected. This book is the first study of Ayutthaya from its emergence in the thirteenth century until its fall. It offers a wide-ranging...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Baker, Christopher John, 1948- autor (autor), Pasuk Phongpaichit, co-author (coauthor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press 2017.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39767309*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Ayutthaya in history
  • 1. Before Ayutthaya
  • 2. Ayutthaya rising
  • 3. An age of warfare
  • 4. Peace and commerce
  • 5. An urban and commercial society
  • 6. Ayutthaya falling
  • 7. To Bangkok
  • Appendix: Lists of kings
  • Glossary
  • Notes on some major sources.