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November 2, 2023

The Bowring Treaty of 1855 and the Transformation of Siamese (Thai) Foreign Policies towards Britain

Blog: LSE Southeast Asia Blog

Boulton,K

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Thai nationalists use the Bowring Treaty as evidence to support a discourse characterising Siam as a victim of British imperialism. Nonetheless, after examining British and Thai primary sources for my MSc dissertation, I have discovered that, without direct British intimidation by gunboat diplomacy, the Siamese court was inclined to sign the Bowring treaty because of … Continued

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