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Patrons of the Siam Society Patron His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Vice-Patrons Her Majesty Queen Sirikit His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarinda Honorary President Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarinda Honorary Vice-President Mom Kobkaew Abhakara na Ayudhya Council of the Siam Society, 2002-2004 President Vice-Presidents Leader, Natural History Section Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Honorary Librarian Honorary Editor, JSS Honorary Editor, NHB Members of Council Mrs Bilaibhan Sampatisiri Prof. Krisda Arunvongse Na Ayudhya Mr Athueck Asvanund Mr Paul G. Russell Dr Weerachai Nanakorn Dr Woraphat Arthayukti Mr Kenneth L. White Mrs Sharon O Toole Dr Dhiravat na Pombejra Dr Warren Y. Brockelman Dr Christopher J. Baker M.R. Chakrarot Chitrabongs Mr Patrick Corcoran Mr Gordon Huntly Dr Saranarat Kanjanavanit Mr Harald Link Mrs Mira Kim Prachabarn Mr James Rooney [47-03-067] P(1)-(6)CONTENT 2
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Editorial Board Dhiravat na Pombejra Euayporn Kerdchouay Kanitha Kasina-ubol Michael Smithies The Editorial Board would like to apologize to Society members and JSS readers for the delay in the publication of this issue, and hopes the next will appear in a more timely fashion. May 2004 The Siam Society 2003 ISSN 0857-7099 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the Siam Society. The Journal of the Siam Society is a forum for original research and analysis. Opinions expressed in the Journal are those of the authors. They do not represent the views or policies of the Siam Society. Printed by Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Company Limited 65/16 Chaiyapruk Road, Taling Chan, Bangkok 10170, Thailand. Tel: (662) 882-1010 Fax: (662) 433-2742, 434-1385 e-mail: info@amarin.co.th http://www.amarin.co.th [47-03-067] P(1)-(6)CONTENT 4
The Journal of the Siam Society Volume 91 2003 Contents Articles HELEN JAMES Trade, Culture, and Society in Thailand before 1200 AD 1 SUSAN TALBOT Before Angkor : Early Communities in Northeast Thailand 74 HANS PENTH On Rice and Rice Fields in Old Lan Na 90 MICHAEL SMITHIES Eclipses in Siam 1685 and 1688, and their Representation 189 MARCO RONCARATI Health Care Development in a Changing Thai Society: Beyond the Physical 205 DAVID SMYTH Ban Maha Phai and Phrae Dam: from Silent Movie to Novel? 223 Note LUIGI BRESSAN The First Printed Sentence in Thai: 1646 241 Reviews Michel Jacq-Hergoualc h The Malay Peninsula: Crossroads of the Maritime Silk Road (100 BC-1300 AD) Reviewed by Stuart Munro-Hay 245 Sao Saimong Mangrai The Padang Chronicle and the Jentung State Chronicle Reviewed by David K. Wyatt 247 Edmund Roberts and W.S.W. Ruschenberger Two Yankee Diplomats in 1930s Siam Reviewed by Stephen J. Young 248 Journal of the Siam Society 2003 Vol. 91 v [47-03-067] P(1)-(6)CONTENT 5
vi Contents Tarmo Rajasaari Vapour Trails: Tales from rural Thailand Reviewed by John Haylock 251 Ashley South Mon nationalism and Civil War in Burma: The Golden Sheldrake Reviewed by Bertil Lintner 252 Benedict Anderson, ed. Violence and the State in Suharto s Indonesia Reviewed by Michael Smithies 255 John N. Miksic, ed. Earthenware in Southeast Asia: Proceedings of the Singapore Symposium on Premodern Southeast Asia Earthenwares Reviewed by Dawn F. Rooney 258 Nicola Tannenbaum and Cornelia A. Kammerer, eds. Founders Cults in Southeast Asia: Ancestors, Polity, and Identity Reviewed by Karl E. Weber 261 James T. Siegel and Audrey R. Kathin, eds. Southeast Asia over Three Generations. Essays presented to Benedict R. O G. Anderson Reviewed by Karl E. Weber 265 Obituary H.S.H. Prince Subhadradis Diskul Former President of the Siam Society 1979-1981 273 Notes about contributors 274 Notes for contributors 277 Recent Siam Society publications 280 Journal of the Siam Society 2003 Vol. 91 [47-03-067] P(1)-(6)CONTENT 6