该书是早有定评的泰国经济史研究权威的同一著者所写的《1850年以后泰国的经济变革》(1955年)一书的新版,该书所涉及到的1954年以前约一百年期间的“经济变革”部分,除了有个别的增补和修改以外,全书内容没有什么更动。代替旧版的最后一章“泰国到1954年为止的经济发展”,著者把泰国到1970年为止二十年间在经济方面所起的各种主要变化合写成新的三章附在最后。 The book is a new edition of “Economic Transformation in Thailand after 1850” (1955), written by the same author who has long been the definitive authority on the study of economic history in Thailand. The book deals with about 100 years before 1954 During the “economic change” section, except for a few additions and modifications, the contents of the book did not change anything. In lieu of the last chapter of the old edition, “Economic Development in Thailand until 1954,” the author concludes with the final three chapters that conclude with the three major economic changes that took place in Thailand from 1970 to the present.