A History of Cambodia
by David P. Chandler
One of the major must-read studies on Cambodia history.
Type: paperback
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Edition: 4th edition
Published: 2006
Author: David P. Chandler
Pages: 288
ISBN: 978-1741147636
Language : English
ADB Library Catalog ID: HIS18
More than forty years after its first publication, David Chandler's historical essay remains a reference thanks to its scope and clarity. Reflecting the trends in the 1970s school of history, it stresses economical and sociological factors, and obviously many new findings on the Angkor civilization were not available to the author, yet the book remains a must-read nowadays.
Now available at Angkor Database: the pdf version of David Chandler's book.
Tags: art, history, religion, khmer rouge, independence, Khmer Empire, Queens & Kings of Cambodia, society, Khmer culture, ancient kingdoms, Modern Cambodia
About the Author
David P. Chandler
David Porter Chandler (1933) is an American historian and academic regarded as one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern history. He has been residing for many years in Australia, where he is an emeritus professor at Monash University as well as an adjunct professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University.
His bibliography includes A History of Cambodia (1983), The Tragedy of Cambodian History (1991), Brother Number One (1992), Facing the Cambodian Past (1996), Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison (1999).