Thailand

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Try this book for a good place to start when doing research on Thailand. Be certain to read the Introduction to the Bibliography (pages 511-523) and see the bibliography that follows (pages 523-659):

Historical Dictionary of Thailand (3rd Edition) by Gerald W. Fry
Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.
Paper Copy: Kroch Library Asia Reference (Non-Circulating) DS571 .S578 2013
Online Copy: https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/10329441

Here is an older (1998) but useful research book containing annotated title listings of major and standard information sources covering a large number of topics:

Thailand (World Bibliographical Series) by David Smyth
Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press, c1998.
Paper Copy 1: Kroch Library Asia Reference (Non-Circulating) Z3236 .S65x 1998 Note: Shelved in dictionary stand by Asia desk.
Paper Copy 2: Kroch Library Asia Z3236 .S65x 1998
Online Copy: https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/4991484

For more introductory sources on Thailand see here: Quick Reference Sources for Southeast Asia: Thailand 

Databases

Thailand Theses and Journal Index (Chulalongkorn University) (Try this source to find articles about Thailand)

Journal Index (Thammasat University Libraries) (Try this one as well. It can be searched in English and Thai)

Bibliography of Asian Studies  (a good standard database for finding articles about Asia)

Women's Studies Bibliography: Thailand

Thailand Book Chapter Bibliography (collects chapters/articles about Thailand from edited volumes)

ABIA South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology index

Southeast Asian Archaeology Scholarly Resources (has a bibliography of archaeology sources)

Bibliography of Performing Arts in the East (theatre, dance, puppetry, cinema, plays, masks, martial arts)

Other Resources

Southeast Asia Digital Library: Thailand (Great source for links to information about Thailand)

Southeast Asia visions : a collection of historic travel narratives

South East Asian images & texts project : SEAiT

Statistics

Statistics Sources for Asia: Thailand and Vietnam

British Government Resources

British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Part I, From the mid-nineteenth century to the First World War. Series E, Asia,1860-1914. University Publications of America, c1989-30 v. (v. 26. South-East Asia: China, India, Burma, Siam and Tibet, 1850-1908

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Confidential print, F. O. 422: Siam and South-East Asia, 1882-1954 [microform]. London, Public Record Office, 1966. 7 reels (Film 1380)

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Correspondence respecting the affairs of Siam. London : Printed for H.M.S.O. by Harrison, 1894. (Parliament. Papers by command. C.--7395.) (+ DS575 .G78 1894)

Diplomatic and consular reports. Annual series: Siam. Great Britain. Foreign Office. London, 1898,1900,1913 (HC4 .R53)

File concerning Harry Parkes' mission to Bangkok in 1856 from the Archives of Khana Kammakan Phitcharana lae Chatphim Ekkasan thang Prawatsat, 2518 [1975] (DS575.5.G7 F48)

Thailand (Siam), 1856-1883: FO 69, General correspondence before 1906, from the Public Record Office. [microform]Kew, Richmond, Surrey, Eng. : Public Record Office, 1979. 15 reels (Film 7277)

Thailand (Siam) : correspondence, memoranda, etc. from FO 371, FO 628, and PRO 30/33, covering the years 1867 to 1948.) [microform] Kew, Richmond, Surrey : Public Record Office, 1984. 53 reels (Film 9008)

Bibliographies

Asia Library Services. A Guide to Research Materials on Thailand and Laos : an Annotated Guide to Recently Published Research Materials on Thailand and Laos with Particular Emphasis on Newspapers and Periodicals from 1973 through 1976. Auburn, N.Y. : Asia Library Services, 1977. (Ref +Z3236 .A83)

Bannanukrom singphim Phak Tai. Nakhon Sithammarat : Sun Watthanatham Phak Tai, Witthayalai Khru Nakhon Si Thammarat : Prokraem Watthanatham Suksa, Witthayalai Khru Nakhon Si Thammarat, 1989 (Ref Z3238.A3 B21)

Bibliography of Material about Thailand in Western Languages. Bangkok : Chulalongkorn University, 1960. (Ref Z3236 .B205)

Halpern, Joel Martin. A Bibliography of Miscellaneous Research Materials Pertaining to Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Mekong River. 1971. (Ref +Z3221 .H19 1971)

Hart, Donn Vorhis. Thailand: an Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographies. DeKalb : Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1977. (Ref Z3236 .A1 H32)

Mason, John Brown and H. Carroll Parish. Thailand Bibliography. Gainesville, Fla. : Dept. of Reference and Bibliography, University of Florida Libraries, 1958. (Ref Z3236 .M39)

Peninsular Southeast Asia :a Bibliographic Survey of Literature. Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand. Washington :U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972. (Ref +Z3001 .U56 P4)

The Study of Thailand : analyses of knowlege, approaches and prospects in anthropology, art history, economics, history, and political science. Athens :Center for International Studies, Ohio University, 1978. (Ref +DS501 .O37 no.54) (Papers in International studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 54.)

Smyth, David. Thailand. Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press, 1998. (Ref Z 3236 .S65x 1998 ) (World Bibliographical Series, vol. 65, rev).

Thrombley, Woodworth G. Thailand: politics, economy, and socio-cultural setting; a selective guide to the literature. Bloomington : Indiana University Press for the International Affairs Center, 1972. (Z3236.T52 T3)

Wyatt, David K. Basic Reference Works on Thailand (draft) and Novels Set in Thailand : a Bibliography. Ithaca, NY :Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 1972. (+PAM Z469)

Wyatt, David K. Preliminary Thailand Bibliography. Ithaca, 1975. (Ref +Z3236 .W971 P9 1975)

Regional/Ethnic Bibliographies

Chulalongkonmahawitthayalai. Academic Resource Center.Chinese in Thailand :with supplements on the Chinese Haws and the Kuomintang Chinese : an annotated bibliography. Bangkok : Chulalongkorn University, Academic Resource Center: Chulalongkorn University, Social Research Institute, 1983. (Ref + Z3239.C5 C53)

Gordon, Alec. Bibliography on the Karen people in Thailand : impact and response, 1970-1993. Chiang Mai : Center for Ethnic Studies and Development, Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, 1996. (Ref + Z 3239 .E74 G66 1996)

Mahawittayalai Chiang Mai. Khana Manutsayasat. Chiang Mai : bannanukrom læ sara sangkhep = Chiang Mai : bibliography and abstract. Chiang Mai : Khana Manutsayasat, Mahawitthayalai Chiang Mai, 2539 [1996] (Ref + DS 589 .C5 C56x 1996) (in Thai and English)

Sathaban Wichai Chaokhao Changwat Chiang Mai. Highland development in Thailand : a selected bibliography. Bangkok : Tribal Research Institute, Dept. of Public Welfare, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in collaboration with the UNDP Subregional Highland Peoples Program, 1997. (Ref Z 7164 .C842 H54 1997)

Thawon Fufuang. Bannanukrom chaokhao chonklumnoi Sathaban wichai Chaokhao (bannanukrom huarang) = Bibliography on hill tribes and minority groups (sorted by subjects). Chiang Mai : Sathaban Wichai Chaokhao, Krom Prachasongkhro, 1994. (+ Z 3236 .T352 1994)

Colonial Era Resources

General Works

Graham, Walter Armstrong. Siam. London : A. Moring Ltd., 1924. 
(DS565 .W73 1924) (2 v.)

Bibliographies

Graham, Walter Armstrong. "Bibliography." In Siam. London : A. Moring Ltd., 1924. v. 1, pp. 289-304 (DS565 .W73 1924)

Kawabe, Toshio. Bibliography of Thai studies. Tokyo : Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute of Foreign Affairs, 1957. (Ref Z3236 .K22)

Landon, Kenneth Perry. "Bibliography." In Siam in transition; a brief survey of cultural trends in the five years since the revolution of 1932. Chicago, Ill., Distributed by the University of Chicago press; Shanghai, Kelly, ltd., 1939, pp. 237-247. (DS584 .L25)

Satow, E.M. "Essay towards a bibliography of Siam." Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. no. 17 (June 1886), pp. 1-85 ; no. 18 (December 1886), pp. 161-189 (PJ4 .J86)

Schweisguth, P. "Bibliographie sommaire de la litterature siamoise." In Etude sur la litterature siamoise. Paris : Imprimerie Nationale Librairie d’Amerique et d’Orient, Adrien Maisonneuve, 1951. (Pl4200 .S41)

Thompson, Virginia McLean. "Bibliography." In Thailand, the new Siam. New York, Macmillan, 1941, pp. 807-830 (DS565 .T48)

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Historical and cultural dictionary of Thailand.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976. (DS563 .S64)

Historical dictionary of Thailand. Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.  3rd ed. (Ref DS571 .S578 2013)

Sārānukrom Thai: chabap khō̜ng Rātchabandittayasathān. Krung Thēp: Rātchabandittayasathān, 1956-. (PL4153 .S24) (26 v.) (in Thai)

Sārānukrom watthanatham phāk tai.  Songkhla, Thailand: Sathāban Thaksin Khadī Sưksā, Mahāwitthayālai Sīnakharinwirōt, 1986 (10 v.) (in Thai)

History Sources

General Histories

Rong Syamananda. A history of Thailand. Bangkok : Chulalongkorn University ; Thai Watana Panich, c1993. 8th ed.(DS571 .R66 1993x)

Wyatt, David K. Thailand : a short history. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2003. 2nd ed. (DS571 .W92x 2003)

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

Fry, Gerald W. Historical dictionary of Thailand. Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013. (Ref DS571 .S578 2013)

Phairot Phosai. Saranukrom prawatsat Thai phasa Thai samai Sukhothai. Krung Thep Maha Nakhon : Odian Sato, 2530 [1987] (PL4159 .P53) (in Thai)

Prayut Sitthiphan. Saranukrom Phrabat Somdet Phra Chunlachomklao Chaoyuhua . Krung Thep Maha Nakhon : Sayam, 2527 [1984] (+ DS582.C55 P92) (in Thai)

_____________. Saranukrom prawattisat Thai . Phranakhon : Khlangwitthaya, 2506 [1963] (DS571 .P92 1963) (in Thai)

Saranukrom prawattisat Thai. Bangkok : Ratchabandittayasathan, 2537- [1994- ] 1 vol. published as of 1996. (Ref + DS 571 .S24) (in Thai)

Bibliographies

Bannanukrom prakop bannanithat Phrabat Somdet Phra PokklaochaoyuhuaBangkok : Samnak Bannasan Sonthet, Mahawitthayalai Sukhothaithanmathirat, 2532 [1989]. (+ DS584 B205 1989) (in Thai)

Charuwan Sinthusophon. Bannanukrom ruang Phraborom Ratcha Chakkri wong : pramuan raichu nangsu lem lae witthayaniphon. Krung Thep Maha Nakhon : Mahawitthayalai Thammasat, 2525 [1982] (+ Z3236 .C42) (in Thai)

Mabbett, Ian. Early Thai history : a select bibliography : works in Western European languages on Thai traditional culture and history before the Bangkok period . Melbourne : Center of Southeast Asia Studies, Monash University, 1977. (+ Z3236 .E13)

Nagazumi, Akira. A bibliography concerning the history of Thailand during the seventeenth century : with special emphasis on the Japano Thailand relations and activities of the Japanese inhabitants in Thailand. 196-?  (+ Z3236 .N135)

Nakhon Phannarong. Botsarup parinya thang prawatsat samai Rattanakosin. Phitsanulok [Thailand] : Phak Wicha Prawatsat, Mahawitthayalai Sinakharinwirot, 2521 [1978] (+ Z3236 .N16) (in Thai)

Suphanni Kanchanatthiti. Bannanukrom baeprian wicha prawattisat khong Krasuang Suksathikan : tangtae Pho.So. 2440-2512. Phranakhon : Nuai Hongsamut, Krom Wichakan, 2513 [1970]. (+ Z3236 .S82) (in Thai)

Thai historical materials in Bangkok. Ann Arbor, MI : Association for Asian Studies, 1965. Ref Pamphlet DS Thailand 189)

Periodicals

Ruam botkhwam prawattisat. Krung Thep Maha Nakhon : Samakhom Prawattisat, 1984- (+ DS561 .R82) (In Thai)

Thalaeng ngan prawattisat ekkasan borannakhadi. Bangkok, 1967-(+ DS561 .T46) (in Thai)

Periodicals and Indexes

Academic Periodicals

Journal of the Siam Society. Bangkok, Thailand : Siam Society. 1904- (DS561 .T36 - c.i. RR)U

Sinlapa Watthanatham = Art & Culture. Krungthep : Sinlapa Watthanatham. 1979-(+ DS568 .S615 -c.i. RR)

Tai culture :international review on Tai cultural studies. Berlin : SEACOM Sudostasien-Gesellschaft. 1996- (DS 523 .4 .T35 T35 – c.i. RR)

Warasan Thammasat. Bangkok : Mahawitthayalai Thammasat. 1961- (+DS561 .W186 -c.i. RR) (in Thai)

General Interest/Current Affairs Periodicals

Athit. Bangkok : Borisat Samnakphim Samaphan. 1977- (AP95 .S5 Q17 - c.i. RR) (in Thai)

Lak Thai. Krung Thep Maha Nakhon : Borisat Thanaban Chamkat. 1982- (+DS561 .L19 -c.i. RR) (in Thai)

Matichon sut sapda. Krung Thep : Borisat Matichon Chamkat. 1991-(+DS561 .M16 – c.i. RR)

Nechan sut sapda= The nation weekender. Bangkok : Borisat Nechan Phapblitching Krup Chamkat. 1992- (+ DS 561 .N36 – c.i. RR)

Sayamrat sapda wichan. Krung Thep Maha Nakhon : Borisat Sayamrat Chamkat. 1983-(+DS 561 S38 – c.i. RR) (in Thai)

Indexes/Abstracts

Bannasan SPB = NIDA Bulletin. Bangkok : Sathaban Bandit Phatthanaborihansat. 1976-(+ JA26 .B21 - c.i. RR) (Index to Thai Periodical Literature)

Datchani Sayamrat Sapda Wichan lae Matichon Sutsapda. Krung Thep Maha Nakhon : Samnak Bannasan Kanphatthana, Sathaban Bandit Phatthanaborihansat. 1982-1992. (+AI21.S51 D23)

Datchani Warasan/Nangsuphim Phumiphak Tawantok : Pho.So. 2534- 2536. Nakhon Pathom : Khrongkan Khruakhai Khomun Phumiphak Tawantok, 1995. (+Z3238 .W47 D38w 1995)

Datchani Warasan Thai. Bangkok : Sathaban Bandit Phatthanaborihansat, Samnak Bannasan Kanphatthana. 1960-1993. (Ref + AI19 .S5 D22)

Index the Journal of the Siam Society 1904-1993 and the Siam Society Newsletter 1985- 1989. Bangkok, Thailand : Siam Society. (Ref DS561 .T36 Index 1904-93)

US Government Publications

United States. Consulate (Bangkok, Thailand). Records of the United States consulate in Bangkok, 1856-1912 [microform]. Washington : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1960. 14 reels (Asia Film 8929)

United States. Embassy (Thailand). Despatches from United States ministers to Siam, 1882-1906 [microform]. Washington : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1951. 9 reels (Asia Film 1249)

United States. Consulate General (Bangkok, Thailand). Despatches from United States Consuls in Bangkok, 1856-1906 [microform]. Washington : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1959. 11 reels (Asia Film 1248)

United States. Dept. of State. Diplomatic instructions of the Department of State, 1801-1906 : Siam [microform]. Washington : National Archives, 1946. 1 reel (Asia Film 9094)

United States. Dept. of State. Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of Siam, 1910-1929 [microform]. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1968. 18 reels (Asia Film 9064)

United States. Dept. of State. Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between the United States and Siam, 1909-1929 [microform]. Washington : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1968. 1 reel (Asia Film 9082)

United States. Dept. of State. Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between Siam and other states, 1910-1929 [microform]. Washington, [D.C.] : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1968.1 reel (Asia Film 10788)