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Archival Documents of King Chulalongkorn's Transformation of Siam (1868–1910)
In the mid 19th century, Siam was under threat from Britain and France. King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V, 1868–1910) could see that the continuing independence of Siam required modernisation. This required setting up a modern bureaucracy, professional…