Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation, 1860–1945 9780824861759
This strikingly original study of Cambodian nationalism brings to life eight turbulent decades of cultural change and sh
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction Originations
1. The Temple Complex: Angkor and the Archaeology of Colonial Fantasy, 1860–1906
2. Urban Legend: Capitalizing on Angkor
3. Les fidèles Cambodgiens and les Khmèrophiles: Scripting a Khmer Nation, 1870–1935
4. Colonialism and Its Demerits: Bringing Buddhism to Book, 1863–1922
5. Violent Lives: Disengaging Angkor, 1907–1916
6. Copy Rites: Angkor and the Art of Authenticity
7. Secularizing the Sangha, 1900–1935
8. Holy Trinity: Chuon Nath, Huot Tath, and Suzanne Karpelès
9. Traffic: Setting Khmerism in Motion, 1935–1945
10. Past Colonial?
NOTES
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
