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A history of Cambodia / David Chandler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chandler, David P. (David Porter), 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cambodia--History.
- Cambodia.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This clear and concise volume provides a timely overview of Cambodia, a small but increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Hailed by the Journal of Asian Studies as an "original contribution, superior to any other existing work, " the third edition of this acclaimed text has been completely revised and updated to include all-new material examining the death of Pol Pot and the region's continuing rivalry for political power. In addition, Chandler examines 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 comprehensive general description and analysis of Cambodia will illuminate -- for specialists and general readers alike -- the history and contemporary politics of a country long misunderstood.
- Contents:
- 2 The Beginnings of Cambodian History 9
- Indianization 11
- "Funan," 13
- Government and Society in Early Cambodia 21
- 3 Kingship and Society at Angkor 29
- Sources for Angkorean History 29
- Jayavarman II and the Founding of Angkor 34
- Yasovarman and His Successors 36
- Angkorean Kingship 46
- Angkor Wat 49
- 4 Jayavarman VII and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century 55
- Jayavarman VII and Buddhist Kingship 56
- The Temples of Jayavarman VII 62
- Theravada Buddhism and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century 68
- Zhou Daguan's Account of Angkor, 1296-1297 71
- 5 Cambodia After Angkor 77
- The Shift from Angkor to Phnom Penh 77
- Cambodia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries 81
- Values in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia 89
- Vietnamese and Thai Interference in Cambodia 94
- 6 State, Society, and Foreign Relations, 1794-1848 99
- Society and Economy 99
- Patronage and Government 104
- The Okya 108
- Cambodia's Relations with Vietnam and Siam 113
- 7 The Crisis of the Nineteenth Century 117
- The Imposition of Vietnamese Control 118
- The Vietnamization of Cambodia, 1835-1840 123
- The Restoration of Cambodian Independence 132
- 8 The Early Stages of the French Protectorate 137
- The Establishment of the French Protectorate 140
- The Tightening of French Control 142
- Sisowath's Early Years 147
- 9 Cambodia's Response to France, 1916-1945 153
- The 1916 Affair 153
- The Assassination of Resident Bardez 156
- Colonial Rule and the Beginnings of Nationalism 159
- The Impact of World War II 164
- The Growth of Nationalism and the Return of the French 169
- 10 Gaining Independence 173
- The Development of Political Parties 174
- The Growth of the Left 178
- Sihanouk and the Achievement of Independence 183
- 11 From Independence to Civil War 191
- The Assembly Elections 191
- Sihanouk's Policies 195
- Opposition to Sihanouk 197
- Sihanouk's Rule: A Balance Sheet 198
- Sihanouk's Decline 200
- The Coup of 1970 204
- The Khmer Republic's Long Decline 206
- 12 Revolution in Cambodia 209
- DK Takes Power, 1975-1976 211
- The Four-Year Plan 214
- Crisis in the Party 216
- Conflict with Vietnam 219
- DK Closes Down 222
- 13 Cambodia Since 1979 227
- The PRK: Early Phases 228
- Opposition to the PRK 231
- The Vietnamese Withdrawal 235
- The UNTAC Period and After 239
- The End of the Khmer Rouge 242
- The Coup de Force of 1997 243.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813335116
- OCLC:
- 42968022
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