Edwards, Penny, 1962-

Cambodge : the cultivation of a nation, 1860-1945 / Penny Edwards. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2007. - viii, 349 pages : ill. ; 24 cm. - Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, and memory . - Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-339) and index.

Introduction : originations -- The temple complex : Angkor and the archaeology of colonial fantasy, 1860-1906 -- Urban legend : capitalising on Angkor -- Les fidèles cambodgiens and Les khmèrophiles : scripting a Khmer nation, 1870-1935 -- Colonialism and its demerits : bringing Buddhism to book, 1863-1922 -- Violent lives : disengaging Angkor, 1907-1916 -- Copy rites : Angkor and the art of authenticity -- Secularizing the Sangha, 1900-1935 -- Holy trinity : Chuon Nath, Huot Tath, and Suzanne Karpeles -- Traffic : setting Khmerism in motion, 1935-1945 -- Past colonial?

0824829239 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780824829230 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2006000837


Nationalism--History.--Cambodia


Cambodia--Intellectual life--19th century.
Cambodia--Intellectual life--20th century.
Cambodia--History--1863-1953.

DS554.7 / .E39 2007

959.603 EDW