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Published by Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1983, 1983
ISBN 10: 0865315787ISBN 13: 9780865315785
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; xvi, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ; ; ISBN: 0865315787; 9780865315785; National Library: B84-41594 LCCN: 83-1391 ; OCLC: 9280835 ; "Praised by the Journal of Asian Studies as an "original contribution, superior to any other existing work,' .This comprehensive overview of Cambodia will illuminate, for undergraduate students as well as general readers, the history and contemporary politics of a country long misunderstood." ; Contents : Introduction -- The beginnings of Cambodian history -- Kingship and society at Angkor -- Jayavarman VII and the crisis of the thirteenth century -- Cambodia's dark ages -- 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, 1916-1945 -- Roads to independence and revolution. ; Book.