Thai historiography is almost exclusively about the state, the rulers, the kings, their palaces and temples, and the wars they fought. The 'ordinary man and woman', the villagers, get off badly. An exception to this is an influential booklet from 1984, which portrays the history of the Thai village economy. In about 80 pages and without pompous academic jargon, Professor Chatthip Nartsupha takes us back in time.

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