Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation, 1860-1945University of Hawaii Press, 2007 M01 1 - 349 pages This strikingly original study of Cambodian nationalism brings to life eight turbulent decades of cultural change and sheds new light on the colonial ancestry of Pol Pot's murderous dystopia. Penny Edwards recreates the intellectual milieux and cultural traffic linking Europe and empire, interweaving analysis of key movements and ideas in the French Protectorate of Cambodge with contemporary developments in the Metropole. From the naturalist Henri Mouhot's expedition to Angkor in 1860 to the nationalist Son Ngoc Thanh's short-lived premiership in 1945, this history of ideas tracks the talented Cambodian and French men and women who shaped the contours of the modern Khmer nation. Their visions and ambitions played out within a shifting landscape of Angkorean temples, Parisian museums, Khmer printing presses, world's fairs, Buddhist monasteries, and Cambodian youth hostels. This is cross-cultural history at its best. |
Contents
Angkor and the Archaeology | 19 |
Capitalizing on Angkor | 40 |
Bringing Buddhism | 95 |
Disengaging Angkor 19071916 | 125 |
Angkor and the Art of Authenticity | 144 |
Secularizing the Sangha 19001935 | 166 |
Chuon Nath Huot Tath and Suzanne Karpelès | 183 |
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