| Dutch East India Company Merchants at the Court of Ayutthaya: Dutch Perceptions of the Thai Kingdom, C.1604-1765 Contributor(s): Ruangsilp (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004156003 ISBN-13: 9789004156005 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: This book deals with the early modern Dutch-Thai interactions as told by the merchants of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) who concurrently tried to find a balance between their 'partnership' with and 'sense of differences' from the Thai elite. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science |
| Dewey: 959.302 |
| Series: Tanap Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interactio |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.59" W x 9.68" (1.55 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No European country enjoyed such long-standing relations with the Thai Kingdom of Ayutthaya as the Netherlands. This study focuses on the perceptions of the merchants of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) of the Thai royal court in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Basing herself on a wealth of Dutch primary sources, the author shows how trade, politics, and diplomacy shaped a unique relationship based on 'partnership' and a 'sense of differences'. The book contributes to expanding the study of the history of Ayutthaya--known for its scarcity of sources-- with the help of contemporary Dutch views. |
