significant impact on Siam industrial economy and its technology adaptation from the Western countries. April 18, 1855 marked an important date in the history of Siam and its people. It was the day in which the Bowring Treaty was signed by King Mongkut (Rama IV) and Sir John Bowring, Governor of Hong Kong and Britain’s envoy.[1] In exchange of the independence of Siam from Britain, the treaty allowed Englishmen to own land in Siam. It gave the extraterritorial rights to foreign citizens especially
chronicle of government intervention and westernization in not only Siam but in many countries. Anna Leonownes, King Mongkut, and Prince Chualongkorn represent a caustic pattern of government intervention throughout history. In the first scene of The King and I the audience is introduced to Anna, an English teacher traveling to 19th century Siam (currently Thailand). King Mongkut has invited Anna to educate his children on the civilized customs of the western world. As the King struggles to accept
asserted meanings” (Bordwell et al, 2001, p.46) of the film and it tells the audience what the story is about. In Anna And The King, the story is about the epic true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonwens, who challenged the king of Siam, King Maha Mongkut and finally saved the destiny of the nation. Anna was a young widow and had a ten-year old child, named Louis. She was invited by the king to travel to Siam in order to teach his fifty-eight royal children. Anna had preconceived notions about the
the setting of an Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City. Jerome Robbins choreographed and co directed this work. The King and I (1951) is a story of Anna Leonowens and her time at the Siamese court as the governess to the children of King Mongkut where Robbins dance was challenged in his culture diverseness. This ballet work was integrated by Robbins with Cambodian classical dance style. Peter Pan (1954) is about Peter Pan, a boy who didn't want to grow up and so spent his life
The Thai kingdoms have played an important role in the politics for centuries of Southeast Asia. Located at Sukhothai ( 13th-14th century), at Ayutthaya ( 1350-1767), and at the present capital, Bangkok (since 1782), the essentially city-states of the Thai held sway at different times from Singapore to the border of China and from the mouth of the Irrawaddy to the lower reaches of the Mekong River. Therefore, this domain could provide the resources of men and food necessary to maintain the intricate
Half of century has gone since ‘tourism boom’ began in 1960s (Tirados, 2011). Nowadays, desire to be a tourist is virtually universe which has made tourism become a central element of globalization. The profit brought from tourism is something that we cannot deny however everything has its two sides which are good and bad, advantages and disadvantages or positive and negative. Thailand is a great example to find out the advantages and disadvantages of the development of tourism impact on the country
Thailand Political Culture For us to be able to study political culture, it is imperative that we first learn how to define it. Political culture refers to the attitudes, beliefs and values, which underpin the operation of a particular political system. These were even seen as including the knowledge and skills about the political system, positive and negative emotional feelings towards it and the evaluative judgments about that system. Particular regional, ethnic or other groups within a