Download or read book King of the Waters written by Han ten Brummelhuis and published by Brill. This book was released on 2005 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how a brilliant Dutch engineer ultimately failed to implement his plans for modern irrigation in Siam. Interwoven with a detailed description of the actions of the Dutch engineer and of King Chulalongkorn and his ministers is an examination of the ambiguous performance of the Siamese state in agricultural policy in the first decade of the twentieth century.