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An illustrated history of Cambodia Philip Coggan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: An illustrated history ofPublication details: Oxford, England John Beaufoy Publishing 2018. Description: 208 pages illustrations chiefly color, color maps 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781912081974
Other title:
  • History of Cambodia
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.6 COG
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Defining Cambodia: An ancient land 2.Foundations: Before Cambodia Prehistory to the 8th century AD 3.Angkor: The kingdom that defined Cambodia 9th-14th centuries 4.The Dawn Of The Modern: Between Angkor and the French 15th-19th centuries 5.Colonial Kingdom: From the Protectorate to the fall of Sihanouk 1860-1970 6.The Sacred Mountain: Cambodia after Sihanouk Post-1970.
Summary: Beginning with a definition of who the Cambodians are, this fully illustrated history then tracks back to the earliest kingdoms before 800 AD, followed by an investigation of the creation of the magnificent city of Angkor and Cambodia's centuries of greatness up to 1400 AD. The following chapter describes the times from 1400-1860, which were centuries of crisis, succeeded by the recovery during next 100 years when the country came under the influence of the French. The final chapter discusses the disastrous Khmer Rouge and finishes with the significance of the UN and Hun Sen. Philip Coggan's illuminating text follows the changing fortunes of Cambodia from pre-history to the present day.

Includes bibliographical references (page 203) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Defining Cambodia: An ancient land 2.Foundations: Before Cambodia Prehistory to the 8th century AD 3.Angkor: The kingdom that defined Cambodia 9th-14th centuries 4.The Dawn Of The Modern: Between Angkor and the French 15th-19th centuries 5.Colonial Kingdom: From the Protectorate to the fall of Sihanouk 1860-1970 6.The Sacred Mountain: Cambodia after Sihanouk Post-1970.

Beginning with a definition of who the Cambodians are, this fully illustrated history then tracks back to the earliest kingdoms before 800 AD, followed by an investigation of the creation of the magnificent city of Angkor and Cambodia's centuries of greatness up to 1400 AD. The following chapter describes the times from 1400-1860, which were centuries of crisis, succeeded by the recovery during next 100 years when the country came under the influence of the French. The final chapter discusses the disastrous Khmer Rouge and finishes with the significance of the UN and Hun Sen. Philip Coggan's illuminating text follows the changing fortunes of Cambodia from pre-history to the present day.

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