Sources

Bangkok (Ayutthaya)

Bangkok makes a fascinating case study as it is a river port. The following are some of the best known works on Bangkok (and the earlier port of Ayutthaya):

1. Baker, Chris. “Ayutthaya Rising: From Land or Sea?”, Journal of Southeast Asian studies, Vol 34, No.1, Feb 2003: 41-62
2. Evans, Hans-Dieter.“Trade and State Formation: Siam in the early Bangkok Period”, Modern Asian Studies, Vol.21, No.4 (1987): 751-771
3. Falkus, Michael. “Bangkok: From Primate City to Primate Megalopolis”, In Megalopolis: The Giant City in History, New York: St Martin’s Press, 1993.
4. Falkus, Michael. “Bangkok in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Dynamics and limits of port primary”, In Gateways of Asia: Port Cities of Asia from the 13^th-20^th centuries, London and New York, Kegan Paul International, 1997.