Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation, 1860-1945This 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. |
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of Colonial Fantasy 18601906 | 19 |
Capitalizing on Angkor | 40 |
Bringing Buddhism | 95 |
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Angkor Vat Angkorean artistic arts Aymonier Battambang Baudoin BEFEO Buddha Buddhist Buddhist Institute Cambodge Cambodge's cambodgiennes Cambodian Caodai Caodaism CAOM century Chandler Chinese Chuon Nath Cochinchina Coedès colonial coloniale cultural d'Angkor Delaporte Diep Diep's École EFEO elite established ethnic European Exposition Finot française France France's French administration Groslier Hanoi Huot Tath Ibid indigenous INDO GGI INDO NF INDO RSC Indochina Indochinese intellectual Iukanthor jiet Kampuchea Karpelès Khmer nation Khmer-language King kmae Kompong Kraom L'Indochine Laos Leclère Lycée Lycée Sisowath Mahanikay Marseille Minister modern monks monuments movement Musée museum Nagaravatta nationalist Ngoc Thanh Norodom official palace Pali Paris Pavie Phnom Penh political Ponn protectorate's race religion religious Résident RSC to GGI Saigon sampot sangha secular Siam Siamese Siem Reap Sihanouk Sisowath Son Ngoc Thanh Southeast Asia srok status supérieure temple texts Thiounn Thommayuth tion traditional Tripitaka Vat Pnum vat schools Vichy Vietnamese vinaya