• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface to the Revised EditionIntroduction: National Identity and its DefendersThe Crisis of Siamese IdentityState-Identity Creation, State-Building and Civil Society, 1939-1989What Makes Central Thai a National Language?Thai Nationalism and Identity: Popular ThemesThe Frontiers of ThailandThai Buddhist Identity: Debates on the TraiphumThai Identity in the Astrological TraditionThe Case of the Purloined Lintel: The Politics of a Khmer Shrine as a Thai National TreasureIdentity and Authority in ThailandWhat is the Thai Village?Rumours, Foul Calumnies and the Safety of the State: Mass Media and National Identity in ThailandThai Identity in the Age of GlobalizationContributorsIndex

"The papers will long remain indispensable texts for both general readers and specialists. Each paper is a scholarly and original contribution to the burgeoning literature on Thai identity."

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface to the Revised EditionIntroduction: National Identity and its DefendersThe Crisis of Siamese IdentityState-Identity Creation, State-Building and Civil Society, 1939-1989What Makes Central Thai a National Language?Thai Nationalism and Identity: Popular ThemesThe Frontiers of ThailandThai Buddhist Identity: Debates on the TraiphumThai Identity in the Astrological TraditionThe Case of the Purloined Lintel: The Politics of a Khmer Shrine as a Thai National TreasureIdentity and Authority in ThailandWhat is the Thai Village?Rumours, Foul Calumnies and the Safety of the State: Mass Media and National Identity in ThailandThai Identity in the Age of GlobalizationContributorsIndex

"The papers will long remain indispensable texts for both general readers and specialists. Each paper is a scholarly and original contribution to the burgeoning literature on Thai identity."

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPreface to the Revised EditionIntroduction: National Identity and its DefendersThe Crisis of Siamese IdentityState-Identity Creation, State-Building and Civil Society, 1939-1989What Makes Central Thai a National Language?Thai Nationalism and Identity: Popular ThemesThe Frontiers of ThailandThai Buddhist Identity: Debates on the TraiphumThai Identity in the Astrological TraditionThe Case of the Purloined Lintel: The Politics of a Khmer Shrine as a Thai National TreasureIdentity and Authority in ThailandWhat is the Thai Village?Rumours, Foul Calumnies and the Safety of the State: Mass Media and National Identity in ThailandThai Identity in the Age of GlobalizationContributorsIndex

"The papers will long remain indispensable texts for both general readers and specialists. Each paper is a scholarly and original contribution to the burgeoning literature on Thai identity."