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Book report The Chinese society in Thailand: An analytical history by G. William Skinner, 1957 The Chinese society in Thailand is a book that is the pioneer of area studies in Southeast Asia. In this book divide into many parts according to chronologically timeline. Started point beyond the reign era and explain at the point of the started reign in Thai history. Sino-Thai or ‘Luuk Chin’ is the important mechanism in Thai society. To consider the scope of study was emphasized from Thonburi to World War II which reflect as the modern history of Thailand. Skinner’s work is outstanding as the research to demonstrate the clear picture of immigrants that flow into Thailand especially, in the prior and mid Ratthanagosin era. Beside of the academic …show more content…

Overseas Chinese started to emigrant from their homeland in more number than the past according to the invasive of westerners and the famine. Chinese moved to south from Hainan and move forward in maritime voyage. In the same time, in Siam (Thailand) war just ended, many of Thais were capture as hostage. Hence, few population left in Siam after the chaos era became peaceful era again. It was one of the reason that Skinner cited from many papers that 2 main reasons were caused of overseas Chinese emigrant to Thailand. Following time, when Thailand was influenced by western and needed to civilize the country. This phenomenon is the main purpose that Siam need a lot of labors to develop and mostly were oversea Chinese. After bowing’s treaty (1855), economic growth was really high because of development and overseas Chinese were the mechanism of the civilization. Most of them are from Guangdong and Fukien area. This dialect group got more advantage from monarchy in order to the policy that deprived western from Thai economic system. Overseas Chinese is the first economic frontier, from first Rattanagosin to 5th reign. Diligent of overseas Chinese was the absence in Thai tradition. That made overseas Chinese the prominent of Thai society. In this context, feudalism was the opportunity for Chinese to fulfill the labor system that Thai citizen could not do in this system such as, tax collector from this position change the place of …show more content…

He proposed that Sino-Thai (Luuk Chin) in the third generation will become more Thai particularly, in the context of culture and will be completely Thai when it comes to fifth generation. When Chinese immigrated into Thailand at the first wave, they did not bright any members of their family. This was one of the reason that got married with Thai ladies. Thus, started to assimilate and became more Thai in society. Aside from assimilation theory, some Chinese founded secret association in communities to protect their benefits and helping new

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