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225 Index Abdulhamid II, Sultan, 8 Agulhon, Maurice, 109 Albert, Prince Consort, 47 Alexander II (tsar), 32 Alexandra, Queen (of England), 1, 26, 60, 139 Allegri, Carlo, 83, 84, 87, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 134, 188n. 43, 189n. 58 Anake Nawigamune, 168 Ananda Mahidol, King, 165 Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, 75, 83, 95–104, 160, 188n. 38, 200n. 63; construction, 98–99; criticism of, 96–97, 191n. 100; frescos, 100–101; in Grand Palace, 80, 95; laying of foundation stone, 98, 133–134 Anderson, Benedict, 172n. 14, 173n. 31 Annual Exhibition of Agriculture and Commerce, 145 Antiquarian Society, 131, 132 Aphinan Poshyananda, 35, 192n. 3 architecture: as aspect of consumption , 21, 24, 25, 34; Chinese influences on, 24, 80; eclectic, 80, 81, 86; Khmer, 80, 144, 148, 150; neoclassical , 30, 34; palatial, 23, 79– 80; religious, 21, 25, 79–80; villa, 90–91, 167. See also Dusit Park; Grand Palace; monasteries art: Academic, 35; Art Nouveau, 86, 87, 101; Jugendstil, 86; paintings, 35–36, 93; Renaissance, 36, 83; royal portraits, 66–68 Atsadang, Prince, 66, 141 Austria-Hungary, 141 Ayutthaya, 12, 21, 28, 33, 45, 64, 77, 78, 79, 94, 119; Burmese sack of, 80, 130; Europeans in, 21, 119, 130; jubilee celebrations in, 113, 129–32 Bancroft, Hubert, 36 Bangkok, 1, 12, 19, 23, 25, 31, 36, 44, 45, 46, 48, 70, 77, 91, 136, 137, 148; “birthday bridges,” 76, 89, 136, 139, 200n. 65; Chinese community , 78, 118; Dusit district, 3, 77, 93, 95, 98, 114, 139; Indian community, 118; modernization of, 75–77, 88–90; New Road, 79, 136; Phra Lan, 95, 134, 137; Sanam Luang, 116, 119, 137, 139, 140, 143; statues in, 109; tailors in, 49, 61; Western community, 69, 79, 117–118. See also Rattanakosin City Bangkok Recorder, 48, 79 Bangkok Summary, 48 Bangkok Times, 114, 116, 117, 118, 129, 136, 138, 141 Bang Pa-in summer palace, 33–34 Beijing, 22, 29 Belgium, 26 Berlin, 26, 27, 76, 106 Bhumibol Adulyadej, King, 1, 103, 165, 169, 170; Golden Jubilee, 1, 167; public persona, 166–167 Bismarck, Baron Otto von, 26 Bock, Carl, 59, 119, 187n. 30, 187n. 30, 196n. 23; Temples and Elephants, 63 body, royal, 45, 70, 116, 166, 169 bondage, 6, 23, 101, 136, 156, 203n. 46 Boorstin, Daniel, 45 Boran Boranurak, Phraya, 130 226 Index Boriphat Sukhumpan, Prince, 36, 87, 103; Bang Khun Phrom Palace, 87 Bourdieu, Pierre, 20, 30 Bowring, John, 23, 46, 47, 59, 176n. 21, 181n. 6 Bowring Treaty, 23, 29, 47 Bradley, Rev. D. B., 79, 146, 187n. 22 Breckenridge, Carol A., 13, 14, 15, 94. See also Victorian ecumene Britain, 6, 13, 15, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31, 140, 143, 144. See also London British Press Association, 2, 64 Buddha images, 62, 93, 131, 163 Buddhism, 37; sangha, 25, 37; Theravada canon, 37, 38; Western scholarship, 37, 39 Buls, Charles, 33–34, 81–82, 178n. 59 Bunnak family, 78, 81 Burma, 39, 49, 150 Burney, Henry, 22 Caddy, Florence, 19, 175n. 4 Calcutta, 49, 150 Cambodia, 39, 101, 108, 148 Cannadine, David, 94 capitalism, 14, 15 Carolus-Duran, C.-E.-A: portrait of Rama V, 68–69, 168 Carter, A. C., 157, 161 ceremony: court ritual, 4, 25, 28, 78; kathin, 59–60, 94, 137; royal cremations, 21, 25, 140 Ceylon, 37–39. See also Kandy Chakrabongse, Prince, 66, 67, 87, 88, 141, 183n. 60; Purut Sakawan Palace, 87–88 Chakri dynasty, 5, 6, 11, 13, 22, 29, 31, 75, 78, 109, 145, 186n. 13; Fifth Reign, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 27, 31, 40–43, 81, 95; First Reign, 28–29, 76, 78; founder of, 28, 29, 75, 77; Fourth Reign, 2, 9, 27, 31, 78, 119, 135; Second Reign, 80; Sixth Reign, 4, 27, 76, 108, 142; Third Reign, 21, 22, 23, 59, 80, 86. See also monarchy; royalty Chakri Reformation, 4–5, 6, 9, 20 Chakri Throne Hall, 24, 42, 66, 67, 80–81, 187n. 28 Chamlong Simuang, General, 166 Chandler, J. H., 152 Chao Phraya River, 22, 77, 79, 87, 109, 149 Chiang Mai, 37 China, 21, 29, 33, 118, 144, 151: emigration to Siam, 22, 80; emperor, 22, 47; material culture, 21–22, 28; tributary system, 22, 23, 28, 29. See also civilization, Chinese concept of Chini, Galileo, 100–101, 102, 192n. 30; Ananta Samakhom frescos, 101 Chit Chitrakani (Francis), 48 Chitralada Villa, 87 Chula Chakrabongse, Prince, 19, 87, 88 Chulalongkorn, King (Rama V), 1, 9, 10, 14, 19, 25, 46, 61, 76, 100, 103–104...

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