| Description |
xv, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The Beginnings of Cambodian History -- Indianization -- "Funan" -- Government and Society in Early Cambodia -- 3. Kingship and Society at Angkor -- Sources for Angkorean History -- Jayavarman II and the Founding of Angkor -- Yasovarman and His Successors -- Angkorean Kingship -- Angkor Wat -- 4. Jayavarman VII and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century -- Jayavarman VII and Buddhist Kingship -- The Temples of Jayavarman VII -- Theravada Buddhism and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century -- Chou Ta-Kuan's Account of Angkor, 1296-1297 -- 5. Cambodia After Angkor -- The Shift from Angkor to Phnom Penh -- Cambodia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries -- Values in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia -- Vietnamese and Thai Interference in Cambodia -- Conclusions -- 6. State, Society, and Foreign Relations, 1794-1848 -- Society and Economy -- Patronage and Government -- The Okya -- Cambodia's Relations with Vietnam and Siam -- 7. The Crisis of the Nineteenth Century -- The Imposition of Vietnamese Control -- The Vietnamization of Cambodia, 1835-1840 -- The Restoration of Cambodian Independence -- 8. The Early Stages of the French Protectorate -- The Establishment of the French Protectorate -- The Tightening of French Control -- Sisowath's Early Years -- 9. Cambodia's Response to France, 1916-1945 -- The 1916 Affair -- The Assassination of Resident Bardez -- Colonial Rule and the Beginnings of Nationalism -- The Impact of World War II -- The Growth of Nationalism and the Return of the French -- 10. Gaining Independence -- The Development of Political Parties -- The Growth of the Left -- Sihanouk and the Achievement of Independence -- 11. From Independence to Civil War -- The Assembly Elections -- Sihanouk's Policies -- Opposition to Sihanouk -- Sihanouk's Rule: A Balance Sheet -- Sihanouk's Decline -- The Coup of 1970 -- The Khmer Republic's Decline -- 12. Revolution in Cambodia -- DK Takes Power, 1975-1976 -- The Four-Year Plan -- Crisis in the Party -- Conflict with Vietnam -- DK Closes Down -- 13. Cambodia Since 1979 -- The PRK: Early Phases -- Opposition to the PRK -- The Vietnamese Withdrawal -- Prospects for Cambodia (1991) |
| Summary |
"This thoroughly revised and updated edition of A History of Cambodia provides a timely look at this increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Hailed by the Journal of Asian Studies as an "original contribution, superior to any other existing work," the first edition ended in 1953 with Cambodia's independence from France; the second carries the narrative forward to the peace negotiations of 1990. In the new material, Chandler focuses especially on the unstable but influential career of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the bloody reign of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, and the relative calm that followed the Vietnamese invasion of 1979. This concise yet comprehensive work will illuminate--for specialists and general readers alike--the history and contemporary politics of a country long misunderstood."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Cambodia |
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History |
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Overseas item |
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Political change |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 269-273 |
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Includes index |
| SUBJECT |
Cambodia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019084
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| LC no. |
91041680 |
| ISBN |
0813309263 (U.S. : alk. paper) |
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1863731156 (Australia : alk. paper) |
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