Using Thai-language archival material, this book examines a crucial element in the dismantling of the traditional government structure and the installation of a Western-style administration - the creation of a modern Ministry of Finance.The setting; the early years of the Ministry of Finance 1885-96 - its establishment and collapse; the creation of an effective Ministry of Finance 1896-1902; the effective Ministry in operation - financial stringency 1902-06; the Ministry disunited and revived 1906-10; assessment and perspectives.
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