Quantitative History Webinar Series - Reform, Rails, and Rice: Political Railroads and Local Development in Thailand
By HK Institute for Humanities & Soc. Sci.
Mar 06, 2023

How do external threats on state sovereignty benefit local development? Christopher Paik of New York University Abu Dhabi and his co-author look at Thailand's railroad projects in the late-19th and early 20th centuries as an example of a state's strategic response to colonial encroachment. Live on Zoom on March 9, 2023 16:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore 08:00 London | 12:00 Dubai | 17:00 Tokyo | 19:00 Sydney