A Dragon Apparent (Travels in Indo-China)
by Norman Lewis
With rumors of Indochina war as a backdrop, a highly personal and highly enjoyable travelogue through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in 1950-1.
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A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories
by Peter BoomgaardA crosscultural, multidisciplinary, study on water, its economic and social impact, and its symbolism.In English
A Dictionary of Pre-Angkorian Khmer
by Philip N. JennerThe magnus opus of philologist and Old Khmer specialist Philip Jenner. Available here are the dictionaries of Angkorian Khmer (2) and Middle Khmer (3).In English & Old Khmer
ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ចាប់ពីចុងសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៦ រហូតដល់ដើមសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៨ |History of Cambodia from the end of 16th to 18th Centuries |
by Phoeun MakThe Khmer translation and edition of Mak Phoeun's major study on 17th century Cambodia, initially published in French.In Khmer
中国古籍中的柬埔寨史料 [Cambodian Historical Data in Chinese Ancient Books]
by CollectiveA compilation of references to Cambodia (or Zhenla, Funan, etc) in Chinese ancient chroniclesIn Chinese
Nārāyana ou Celui qui se meut sur les eaux
by Makhali-PhalCambodia as the ultimate land of the Creation, where all living beings converge to the revelation of the Supreme Being.In French
Le feu et l'amour | Fire and Love
by Makhali-PhalA symbolist and powerful novel set in an imaginary Angkorean palace.In French
La favorite de dix ans
by Makhali-PhalAscetes, sacred dancers and kings in a fantasy Khmer kingdom evoked by an archetypal symbolist novel.In French
Lumieres d'Orient / Eastern Lights
by Émile VedelFrom Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Madurai (South India) and Canton (Guanghzou), an inspiring travelogue towards Angkor, with a magnificient description, and Oceania.In French
The Straits of Malacca, Indochina and China or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
by John ThomsonOr Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence AbroadIn English
L'Indochine et la Chine: récits de voyage de John Thomson (French Adaptation)
by John Thomson & Hippolyte VattemareA 1879 French "adaptation" of photographer and geographer John Thomson's "The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China" (1875).In French
Cambodge et Siam: Voyage et séjour aux ruines des monuments kmers
by Auguste Achille Hyppolyte FilozPicturesque account of the Aymonier-Delaporte mission to Angkor in the 1870sIn French
Le Cambodge, Abrégé d'histoire et de géographie | Cambodia, History and Geography Textbook
by CollectiveHow the history of Cambodia was taught in Indochina Catholic schools at the start of the 20th centuryIn French
Ceremonies des 12 Mois: Fetes annuelles cambodgiennes [Twelve-Month Ceremonies: Cambodian Yearly Celebrations] EBOOK
by Éveline Porée-MasperoThe earliest attempt to a summary of the major religious and cultural celebrations in Modern Cambodia after Adhémard Leclere's notations.In French
A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia
by Gabriel Quiroga de San Antonio & Antoine CabatonOne of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.In English
Description du Royaume de Camboge
by Jean-Pierre Abel-RémusatThe Description of Chenla in Chinese sources (in particularly Zhou Daguan) as seen by a French OrientalistIn French
Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia
by Jean BoisselierTen articles by Jean Boissellier translated from the French offer a comprehensive and stimulating vision on Khmer statuary, its regional influences and its…In English
Cambodia Captured
by Jim MizerskiAngkor's First Photographers in 1860's Colonial IntriguesIn English
Sambaur Prei Kuk
by Michel TranetThe Isanavarma Monuments (AD 615-628) and their surroundingsIn French
Cambodian Buddhism, History & Practice
by Ian HarrisThe era of the last Kings of Angkor is when Theravada Buddhism in its specific Cambodian form starts to develop.In English