The historical processes that have transformed Thai society, and which
are still in the process of transforming it, are no exception from the general
world trend. Thailand has been changed out of all recognition during the last
150 years. Before the great transformations which occurred in the nineteenth
century, Thai society was dominated by the Sakdina system, a form of Southeast
Asian feudalism. Today, it is a modern capitalist parliamentary democracy.
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