Journal of the Siam Society; 97

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Mr W.R.D. Beckett 1904-1906
Dr O. Frankfurter 1906-1918 The Siam Society, under Royal Patronage, is
Mr H. Campbell Highet 1918-1921 one of Thailand’s oldest and most active learned
Mr W. A. Graham 1921-1925 T organizations. The object of the Society is to
Prof. George Cœdès 1925-1930 h Volume 97, 2009
investigate and to encourage the arts and sciences
Phya Indra Montri (Francis Giles) 1930-1938 e
in Thailand and neighbouring countries.
Major Erik Seidenfaden 1938-1940
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H.R.H. Prince Wan Waithayakon 1944-1947 u Since the Society established its Journal in
H.H. Prince Dhani Nivat 1947-1965 r 1904, it has become one of the leading scholarly
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H.H. Prince Prem Purachatra 1965-1967 publications in South-East Asia. The Journal is
a
H.S.H. Prince Ajavadis Diskul 1967-1968
l international in outlook, carrying original articles
Phya Anuman Rajadhon 1968-1969
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of enduring value in English. The Society also
H.R.H. Prince Wan Waithayakon 1969-1976 f
publishes its Natural History Bulletin.
Prof. Chitti Tingsabadh 1976-1979 t
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H.S.H. Prince Subhadradis Diskul 1979-1981
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M.R. Patanachai Jayant 1981-1989 Since its inception, the Society has amassed

Dr Piriya Krairiksh 1989-1994 S monographs, journals, and material of scholarly
Mr Athueck Asvanund 1994-1996 i
a interest on Thailand and its neighbours. The
Mr Bangkok Chowkwanyun 1996-1998 m
Society’s library, open to members, has one of
Mrs Bilaibhan Sampatisiri 1998-2004
the best research collections in the region.
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Mr Athueck Asvanund 2006- o
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Prof. PrawaseWasi (1985)
and other benefits.
Mr Anand Panyarachun (1992)

Mr Dacre Raikes (1992)

Phra Dhammapitaka (1995)

Mrs Virginia Di Crocco (1995) V
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Prof. Yoneo Ishii (1995)
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Mr Term Meetem (1995) m
Prof. Michael Smithies (1996)
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Dr Hans Penth (1997)

Dr William Klausner (2000) 9
Dr Pierre Pichard (2000) 7
Thanpuying Putrie Viravaidya (2000) ,

H.E. Dr Thanat Koman (2000) 2
Mr Euayporn Kerdchouay (2001) 0
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Dr Thawatchai Santisuk (2001)
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His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej
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Her Majesty Queen Sirikit
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn

Vice-Patron & Honorary President
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

Honorary Vice-Presidents
Her Majesty Ashi Kesang Choeden Wangchuck,
The Royal Grandmother of Bhutan
His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino of Japan
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

Council of the Siam Society, 2008 - 2010
President Mr Athueck Asvanund
Vice-President Mrs Bilaibhan Sampatisiri
Leader, Natural History Section Dr Weerachai Nanakorn
Honorary Secretary Mr Barent Springsted
Honorary Treasurer Mr Suraya Supanwanich
Honorary Librarian Ms Anne Sutherland
Honorary Editor, JSS Dr Chris Baker
Honorary Editor, NHB Dr William Schaedla
Members of Council Mrs Eileen Deeley
Ms Raksaswan Chrongchitpracharon
Dr Nirun Jivasantikarn
Mr Peter Laverick
Mrs Beatrix Latham
Mr James D Lehman
H.E. Mr Juan Manuel Lopez Nadal
Mr Paul Russell
The Journal
of the
Siam Society
Volume 97
2009
As this volume was in press, in May 2009,
the Society received the information that
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
had graciously accepted to become
Honorary President of the Society,
in addition to being a Vice-Patron.
The President, Council, and Society members
wish to express their gratitude to
Her Royal Highness
for honouring the Society in this way.
Editorial Board
Tej Bunnag advisor
Chris Baker advisor and honorary editor
Michael Smithies editor
Kanitha Kasina-Ubol coordinator
Euayporn Kerdchouay production assistant

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Contents
Articles
Chris BAKER and PASUK Phongpaichit
The career of Khun Chang Khun Phaen 1
Edward VAN ROY
Under duress: Lao war captives in Bangkok in the nineteenth century 43
Joachim GABEL
Lao weights and the Luang symbol 69

Elizabeth MOORE
Place and space in early Burma: a new look at ‘Pyu culture’ 101
Jean-Noël JUTTET
Phnom-Penh, April 1975: a personal souvenir 129

Notes
Hiram WOODWARD
Observations on Wat Si Chum 153

Carol STRATTON
Sop-Li, a late fifteenth century bronze workshop in Lan Na 161

From the archives
Memoirs of PIERRE POIVRE: The Thai Port of Mergui in 1745
Edited and translated by Kennon Breazeale 177
HSH Prince SITHIPORN Kridakara, ‘Memorandum on Opium in Siam’ (1921),
introduction by Dr Tej Bunnag 201
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Reviews
Peter Skilling, ed., Past Lives of the Buddha: Wat Si Chum – Art, Architecture,
and Inscriptions
Bangkok, River Books, 2008
Reviewer Hiram Woodward 221
Dawn Rooney, Ancient Sukhothai, Thailand’s cultural heritage
Bangkok, River Books, 2008
Reviewer Carol Stratton 226
Damrong Rajanubhab, H.R.H. Prince, A Biography of King Naresuan the Great
Translated and edited by Kennon Breazeale
Bangkok, Toyota Foundation, 2008
Reviewer Michael Charney 231
Leonor de Seabra, The Embassy of Pero Vaz de Siqueira to Siam (1684–1686)
Macau, University of Macau, 2005
Reviewer Kennon Breazeale 234
Direk Jayanama, ed. Jane Keyes, Thailand and World War II
Chiang Mai, Silkworm, 2008
Reviewer Chris Baker 238
Anders Poulsen, Childbirth and tradition in northeast Thailand; forty years of
cultural development and change
Copenhagen, NIAS Press, 2007
Reviewer Lisa Vandemark 240
Michael Montesano and Patrick Jory, eds, Thai South and Malay North:
Ethnic interactions on a plural peninsula
Singapore, NUS Press, 2008
Reviewer Thak Chaloemtiarana 243
Martin Stuart-Fox, Naga Cities of the Mekong: A guide to the temples,
legends and history of Laos
Singapore, Media Masters, 2006
Reviewer Milton Osborne 247
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Vatthana Pholsena, Post-War Laos: The Politics of Culture, History and Identity
Institute of South-East Asian Studies, Singapore, 2006
Reviewer Mayoury Ngaosrivathana 249
Sao Sanda, The Moon Princess, Memories of the Shan States
Bangkok, River Books, 2008
Reviewer Susan Conway 251
Penny Edwards, Cambodge, the cultivation of a Nation 1860–1945
Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books, 2008
Reviewer John Tully 254
Anne Ruth Hansen, How to behave: Buddhism and modernity in colonial
Cambodia 1860–1930
Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books, 2008
Reviewer Ian Harris 257
Milton Osborne, Phnom Penh, a cultural and literary history
Oxford, Signal Books, 2008
Reviewer David Chandler 260
Pratapaditya Pal, ed., Buddhist Art: Form and Meaning
Mumbai, Marg Publications, 2007
Reviewer Donald M. Stadtner 263
Olga Dror, Cult, Culture, and Authority: Princess Liễu Hạnh in Vietnamese
History
Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books, 2008
Reviewer George Dutton 266
Philip Taylor, Cham Muslims of the Mekong Delta: place and mobility
in the cosmopolitan pheriphery
Copenhagen/Singapore, NIAS/NUS Press, 2007
Reviewer Amnuayvit Thitibordin 270
G. L. Balk, F. van Dijk, D. J. Kortlang, F. S. Gaastra, H. E. Niemeijer,
and P. Koenders, The Archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
and the Local Institutions in Batavia (Jakarta)
Leiden, Brill, 2007
Reviewer Bhawan Ruangsilp 273
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Greg Bankoff and Sandra Swart, et al, Breeds of Empire: the ‘invention’
of the horse in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa 1500–1950
Copenhagen, NIAS Press, 2007
Reviewer Duncan Stearn 276
Lee Hock Guan and Leo Suryadinata, eds, Language, Nation and Development
in Southeast Asia
Singapore, ISEAS, 2007
Reviewer Titima Suthiwan 279
Christopher Duncan, ed, Civilizing the margins: Southeast Asian Government
policies for the development of minorities
Singapore, NUS Press, 2008
Reviewer Nicola Tannenbaum 284
Howard M. Federspiel, Sultans, Shamans, and Saints: Islam and Muslims
in Southeast Asia
Chiang Mai, Silkworm, 2008
Reviewer Patrick Jory 287

Books received for review 291
Obituaries
Mom Kobkaew Abhakara na Ayudhya 1908–2008 293
M. L. Manich Jumsai 1908–2009 294
Prok Amranand 1925–2008 296
Heng Thung 1934–2009 297
Anthony Farrington 1939–2008 299
Michael Wright 1940–2009 301
Roxanna M. Brown 1946–2008 302
Smitthi Siribhadra 1949–2008 305
Domnern Garden 1928–2009 308

In-house note
Khun Euayporn’s semi-retirement 310

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New publication
As Mother Told Me 312
HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana
Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarinda
Notes about contributors 313
Notes for contributors 317

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