The socio-economic history of modern Thailand; The development and propagation of Thai historiography and popular Thai history; The impact of colonialism in Southeast Asia
Books and Monographs
Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945, Routledge: London and New York, 2013 (paperback 2015)
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
‘Semi-Colonialism Distilled: The Société française des distilleries de l’Indochine and the Siamese Government in the Early Twentieth Century’, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Nov. 2015), pp. 641-674
‘Troublesome Spirits: Alcohol, Excise and Extraterritoriality in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Siam’, South East Asia Research, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec. 2013), pp. 575-599
‘The Rangoon Jail Riot of 1930 and the Prison Administration of British Burma’, South East Asia Research, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Mar. 2002), pp. 5-29
Conference Proceedings
‘The Absolute Monarchy and the Development of the Alcohol Industry in Early Twentieth-Century Thailand’, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Thai Studies, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 15-18 July 2017, Vol. 5, pp. 1925-1945
Book Reviews
Review of A Regional Economic History of Thailand, by Porphant Ouyyanont, Journal of the Siam Society, Vol. 108, Pt. 1 (2020), pp. 163-165
Review of Thailand: History, Politics and the Rule of Law, by James Wise, Journal of the Siam Society, Vol. 108, Pt. 1 (2020), pp. 165-168
Review of British Economic Development in South East Asia, 1880-1939, edited by David Sunderland, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 48, No. 2 (June 2017), pp. 324-326
Review of The Lost Territories: Thailand’s History of National Humiliation, by Shane Strate, Journal of the Siam Society, Vol. 104 (2016), pp. 211-214
Review of The Man Who Accused the King of Killing a Fish: The Biography of Narin Phasit of Siam, 1874-1950, by Peter Koret, Journal of the Siam Society, Vol. 103 (2015), pp. 316-319
Courses Taught
- ICIR 214 Perspectives on Thailand
- ICIR 215 Thai Foreign Policy
- ICIR 231 Imperial Legacies in Asia