| Description |
827 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents |
Siam at the accession of King Mongkut : administration -- Siam at the accession of King Mongkut : tributary states -- Siam at the accession of King Mongkut : relations with the west -- King Mongkut and his councillors -- The Bowring Treaty of 1855 and the opening of Siam : The mission of Sir John Bowring, March-May 1855 ; The Ratification mission of Harry Parkes, March-May 1856 ; Network of Siam's Treaty relations with the west -- Anglo-Siamese relations 1851-1868 ; Franco-Siamese relations 1856-1868 -- The Montigny mission to Cambodia in October 1856 -- The French protectorate of Cambodia, August, 1863 -- The secret Siamese-Cambodia Treaty of December 1863 and the Franco-Siamese Agreement of April 1865 -- The Settlement of the Cambodian question and the formation of Siam's foreign policy : The Franco-Siamese Treaty over Cambodia: the Paris Treaty of 15 July 1867 ; King Mongkut contribution to the formation of Siam's foreign policy |
| Summary |
The book Siam's Foreign Relations in the Reign of King Mongkut, 1851-1868 recounts the development in the relation of Modern Siam with the West. The change which, within a comparatively short reign of 18 years, King Mongkut had wrought upon his country's way of contending with the Western expansion was nothing short of revolution. From 'the remore corner of the Earth' to quote one of his favorite expressions, he had brought Siam out into the limelight and had gained for her the civilised world's recognition that she was a member of the Family of Nations. In the place of the virtual isolation in which King Rama III sought to keep his country, King Mongkut bequathed to his successor a firm foundation for Siam's venture into international politics, for it was from his modest one-man Consulates - the man invariably a foreigner - in the various capitals of Europe and Asia, that diplomatic machinery of Siam was developed. |
| Subject |
Thailand -- Foreign relations
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Thailand -- History -- Rattanakosin period -- King Rama VI
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| Alt Author |
นิออน สนิทวงศ์ ณ อยุธยา
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Ministry of foreign affairs. International studies center
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| Paral. Title |
วิเทศสัมพันธ์ของสยามในรัชสมัยพระบาทสมเด็จพระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว ค.ศ. 1851-1868 |
| ISBN |
9786163411327 (hbk.) |
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