David Chandler

A History of Cambodia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this clear and concise volume, Chandler provides a timely overview of Cambodia, a small but increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Praised by the Journal of Asian Studies as an ''original contribution, superior to any other existing work'', this acclaimed text has now been completely revised and updated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780813343631
• ISBN-10: 0813343631
• Artikelnr.: 22122305

Autorenporträt

David Chandler

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to The Fourth Edition
Introduction
The Beginnings of Cambodian History
Kingship and Society at Angkor
Jayavarman VII and the Crisis of the Thirteenth Century
Cambodia After Angkor
State
Society
and Foreign Relations
1794-1848
The Crisis of the Nineteenth Century
The Early Stages of the French Protectorate
Cambodia's Response to France
1916-45
Gaining Independence
From Independence to Civil War
Revolution in Cambodia
Cambodia Since 1979
Bibliographic Essay