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Some Aspects of Social & Economic History of Ancient India and Cambodia

by R.K. Chaudhary

A comparative study on social fabric in Ancient India and Cambodia. Focus on "village organization" that stills informs social fabric in Cambodia or Bali today.

Bronzes Royaux d'Angkor, un art du divin | Royal Bronzes of Angkor
by Collective
Possibly the most appealing and stimulating sum on Khmer art and material culture history published in the last decade. English version much awaited.
In French
Photography in Cambodia: 1886 to the Present
by Nicholas Coffill
Photography as social history narrative medium in the Kingdom of the lasting instant.
In English
Cambodian Wooden Houses, 1,500 Years of Khmer Heritage
by Darryl L. Collins & Sokol Hok
A central element of Cambodian culture, traditions and art, the wooden house is a link connecting Ancient Angkor and modern Cambodia.
In English
Journey to Angkor, HRH Prince Damrong Rajanubhab
by Rajanubhab Damrong & Collective
The first full English translation of areference book reflecting the Siamese fascination with Angkor and everything Khmer.
In English
ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រកម្ពុជាសម័យអង្គ័រ (មូលដ្ឋានរៀននិងស្រាវជ្រាវ) | The history of Cambodia during the Angkor period (Foundation study and research)
by Ang Choulean
Cambodian ethnologist Ang Choulean's goes deeper into Khmer epigraphy for everyone's benefit and enlightnement.
In Khmer
L'exotisme indochinois dans la litterature francaise depuis 1860 (2 vol) [Indochinese Exoticism in French Literature since 1860]
by Louis Malleret
A pioneering study on French colonial literature and 'exoticism' from 1860 to the 1930s.
André Maire, Peintre Voyageur [The Traveling Artist]
by Collective & André Maire
Paintings and sketches by a prolific artist who visited Angkor starting from 1919.
In French
Danse
by Francis Miomandre (de)
Beautifully illustrated essay on the history of dance by a French art critic famous in the 1920s and 1930s.
In French
History, Culture and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives
by O. W. Wolters
From prehistory to early hierarchies and kingdoms, a regional approach to indigenous and imported socio-cultural traits across Southeast Asia.
In English
Khmer Heritage in the Old Siamese Provinces of Cambodia [tr. of Le Cambodge: Les provinces siamoises ]
by Etienne Aymonier & Walter E.J. Tips
The Khmer cultural and artistic heritage in the Siamese sphere of influence at the turn of the 20th century.
In English
Le Cambodge: Les provinces siamoises [Cambodia: The Siamese Provinces]
by Etienne Aymonier
The Khmer cultural and artistic heritage in the Siamese sphere of influence at the turn of the 20th century.
In French
L'anarchiste [The Anarchist]
by Polin Soth & Séra
The reprint of a Cambodian cult novel enriched with visual artist Séra's haunted illustrations.
In French
A l'école des diplomates: La perte et le retour d'Angkor [At the School for Diplomats - The Loss and Return of Angkor]
by Fernand Bernard
An important document on the complex history of boundary definition between Siam [now Thailand] and Cambodia, leading to further historic exploration.
In French
Colonial Law Making: Cambodia under the French
by Sally Frances Low
Or how to make the unlawful into laws: the legal pretences of French Protectorat over Cambodia.
In English
นิราศนครวัด Nirat Nakhon Wat [Journey to Angkor Wat]
by Rajanubhab Damrong
A quite ambivalent account of the 1924 visit to Phnom Penh and Angkor by a Siamese dignitary: shared cultural heritage in a time of rising nationalism.
In Thai
Les civilisés [The Civilized]
by Claude Farrère
A gem of French "exotic" literature: Saigon decadence with the 1890s Cambodian uprising in the background.
In French
The Customs of Cambodia [1st English Translation]
by J.G.D. Paul
The first ever English translation of Zhou Daguan's celebrated account of Angkor in 1296-7, from Paul Pelliot's 1902 French translation.
Zhou Dagan's "Customs of Cambodia"
by Michael Smithies & Zhou Daguan
Another translation of the most ancient account of the life in Angkor by the Chinese merchant and traveler Zhou Daguan
In English
Recherches sur les Cambodgiens
by George Groslier
George Groslier's encyclopaedia-like sum on the Ancient Khmer civilization, "d'après les textes et les monuments depuis les premiers siècles de notre ère".
In French
កំណត់ហេតុរបស់លោក ជីវ តាក្វាន់ អំពីប្រពៃណីនៃអ្នកស្រុកចេនឡា [Chiv Ta-Kwan's Diary] | Zhou Daguan's Diary on Traditions of the People of Chenla
The first Khmer translation of Zhou Daguan's 'Customs of Chenla', now fully available online.
In Khmer & Chinese
Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia
by Kenneth R. Hall
A major essay on Southeast Asian trade roads and the growing involvement of agrarian States in worlwide commerce, 7th-14th centuries.
In English
André Malraux: The Indochina Adventure
A laudatory, one-sided, study on the less than two years André Malraux spent in then Indochina, from December 1923 to December 1925.
In English

Some Aspects of Social & Economic History of Ancient India and Cambodia

Bronzes Royaux d'Angkor, un art du divin | Royal Bronzes of Angkor

Photography in Cambodia: 1886 to the Present

Cambodian Wooden Houses, 1,500 Years of Khmer Heritage

Journey to Angkor, HRH Prince Damrong Rajanubhab

ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រកម្ពុជាសម័យអង្គ័រ (មូលដ្ឋានរៀននិងស្រាវជ្រាវ) | The history of Cambodia during the Angkor period (Foundation study and research)

L'exotisme indochinois dans la litterature francaise depuis 1860 (2 vol) [Indochinese Exoticism in French Literature since 1860]

André Maire, Peintre Voyageur [The Traveling Artist]

Danse

History, Culture and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives

Khmer Heritage in the Old Siamese Provinces of Cambodia [tr. of Le Cambodge: Les provinces siamoises ]

Le Cambodge: Les provinces siamoises [Cambodia: The Siamese Provinces]

L'anarchiste [The Anarchist]

A l'école des diplomates: La perte et le retour d'Angkor [At the School for Diplomats - The Loss and Return of Angkor]

Colonial Law Making: Cambodia under the French

นิราศนครวัด Nirat Nakhon Wat [Journey to Angkor Wat]

Les civilisés [The Civilized]

The Customs of Cambodia [1st English Translation]

Zhou Dagan's "Customs of Cambodia"

Recherches sur les Cambodgiens

កំណត់ហេតុរបស់លោក ជីវ តាក្វាន់ អំពីប្រពៃណីនៃអ្នកស្រុកចេនឡា [Chiv Ta-Kwan's Diary] | Zhou Daguan's Diary on Traditions of the People of Chenla

Maritime Trade and State Development in Early Southeast Asia

André Malraux: The Indochina Adventure