Photo album of postcards in Thailand with caption.

Lords of Things offers a fascinating interpretation of modernity in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Siam by focusing on the novel material possessio

"I walked out the door, a bit dazed. I had ten dollars and two not-quite diamonds, and it was summer in Siam." John Borthwick's first day in Thailand seemed far

The postcards in this book cover the period from the turn of the 20th century during the last reign of King Chulalongkorn to the early 1930s, into the final yea