Thai History Through the Eyes of the Western Press
I've got about a terabyte of Thailand-related documents, books, maps, and so on on the computer at home and last night decided to sort it all out into more useful categories. While I was doing that I came upon a folder full of stories I'd copied from newspaper archives on the Internet. They cover the period from the early 19th Century to about 1995. I thought others would be interested in seeing some of this stuff so I'll post the ones I find interesting in this thread. I haven't fixed a cut-off date for stories but I'd like to start with pre-1946 news. Feel free to join in :)
Rama V: The Drinks are on me!
His Siamese Majesty's Hydrographer Recommends Eno's Fruit Salts
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Classified Advertisement, North Otago Times (NZ), 28 June 1892
Our Correspondent Floored by Royal Name
Chinese Immigration Begins - Where Will it End?
War Between Siam and Burma
Siam is in Frightful State. Revolution Expected.
King Mongkut ascends the throne. A New Era.
Harpers New Monthly Magazine. October 1851
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The new King referred to above is King Mongkut, Rama IV.
Rama IV: The New King. Siam begins to open to the West.
Rama IV Opens up Trade with the West. New Liberties for Westerners.
