The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXXXIX, Part 1-2 ... - Khamkoo

~urrcndercd or made a \.""Ca!loefirc JJ:!rc!"em~nl \\ ith
th~: military regime.
In tl1c hhaorical 'Cction. llmtun puL., the
101nl Koren poptdation at 2.5 mt llion. but a more
.tccurmc ligure would b~ as much n~ a miiiJOn
higher. Historian Man in S1 11lh sttJt c:o: in Rum1a:
ln on.: that I think IIIO£t Karen
thc ..-m~h~s wOuld feel rcprc~cms them \\ ith
;.f)\.~t1un and nci:urncy.
Cht i:-.lina Fink
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KJ~ian Tcjapira
CommmiiJ.nng \larr.ism lite: 1-onnaum: or
\fodt>m fhm Rad1cal Colitur• 1'1!"-JIJj ,~
Kyooo: Kyoto Uou,ersoty Pre" .ond \lelooume
l r .tlh P.tci lk Prc,s. 200 I
I t~ar ft>r the future ul" ohi< louie red boo~ .
M ~u·.x ism -C(l n"'lmun ism hu:, been tkl'idcd hy Thai
cl itcs, ctJtno~nati nna li st~. ,uuJ ~0\ cmmL·nts nf
~II :-.tripe as alien and unsui tahlc 10 the coumt; 's
hbtor)' .:md traditions For thc.·~c rc:1o;ons it h.a~
rece1\cd ln.~utllcienr nltenuon 41"' a toptc of
.. cnou;; res~a.rch m ThaJ ... cuthc~ Throughout
lhc pcnod CO\'ered ut tlu~ book other matters
h:l\C C3ptun:d the auenuon of "XIJI scicnsl~ts.
These onclude the md of the nb-olute monarchy.
the Me of militarism. World Wnr II nod the
J:lp:HH.'S, tk..wrthclrll.
1\anwutdiiJ! • • lnd ,\lalwdwn. the wcc:U)
he" >PJPOrtmg
~1arxt,rn·Communh.m.. adaprmg 11 fur the local
mark~t. Jnd then reproducing. dostnbuting. Jnd
promoung tt as .t Thai commodi t} R:nh~r thun
simply nnrmting llll" history or the \nmmuni:,t
Purly ut' 1'hailund, Or Kasitul l ou k ~ at the
cultund f(,:~Lim where Marxtsc -CotnniUil l!'lt
thinkers promoted tht.•Jr wares as lhcy cnr:nged
m a brUI,mg and someruues deadly war of
posmon "11hm ruling elites
\\"hole other s.:holars have wntured tO tell
part> of thi, c earlier effons with hi' cmpath),
and rc-.ourccfuhtcs,. He has r.m.;ackcd MC'ht' e-s
and lobraroc< to t rac~ down liulc-known
publieati""'· oncluding defunct puliticul
magaltUc~ which cnj~)ycct (lnly a brief hl"e m
pnnl hdbrc D~ i ng clos~d down by the authorilics
or the ~riuy rcalitit!s of the marketplace. For
insight> onto the pohtoc< behond Field M~rshal
Ph1hun'' eotlp on I ').1 I he has used the toRIIIj!htl)
Jtumml o( rlu.• Siam Sonr't:o" ~~ I & 2 • ~00 I)