Books

Authors

Sorted by

Featured

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.

ល្ខោនពោលស្រី Lakhoan Porl Srei [Female Speak-Theater]
by Neak Chen
The rebirth of an ancient theater-dance form in the Kandal Province after the somber years of civil war.
In Khmer
New Journeys in Old Asia
by Helen Churchill Candee & Lucille Sinclair Douglass
Back to Cambodia four years after "Angkor the Magnificent", an inspired and sometime visionary travelogue through Asia in the throes of colonialism.
In English
The Angkorian World
by Collective
Pluridisciplinary, encyclopaedic, ambitious and often highly enjoyable synthesis and sum of Angkorean research to the date.
In English
Zhou Daguan's Customs of Cambodia: A New Translation
by Solang & Beling Uk
An English translation of the famous text by Zhou Daguan anchoring it to the 'real' Khmer country (Srok Khmer).
In English, Khmer & Chinese
The Straits of Malacca, Indochina and China or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
by John Thomson
Or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
In English
L'Indochine et la Chine: récits de voyage de John Thomson (French Adaptation)
by John Thomson & Hippolyte Vattemare
A 1879 French "adaptation" of photographer and geographer John Thomson's "The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China" (1875).
In French
Essai d'atlas statistique de l'Indochina [A Temptative Statistical Atlas of Indochina]
by Henri Brenier
The first attempt to assess the economic development and potential of French Indochina, with Cochinchina as focus of attention.
The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays
by Clifford James Geertz
The methodology of a contemporary anthropology master.
In English
Cambodge et Siam: Voyage et séjour aux ruines des monuments kmers
by Auguste Achille Hyppolyte Filoz
Picturesque account of the Aymonier-Delaporte mission to Angkor in the 1870s
In French
Le Cambodge, Abrégé d'histoire et de géographie | Cambodia, History and Geography Textbook
by Collective
How the history of Cambodia was taught in Indochina Catholic schools at the start of the 20th century
In French
Pioneering in the Far East, And Journeys to California in 1849 and to the White Sea in 1878
by Ludvig Verner Helms
A valuable, firsthand account on Ang Duong's Cambodia in 1851.
In English
Ceremonies des 12 Mois: Fetes annuelles cambodgiennes [Twelve-Month Ceremonies: Cambodian Yearly Celebrations] EBOOK
by Éveline Porée-Maspero
The earliest attempt to a summary of the major religious and cultural celebrations in Modern Cambodia after Adhémard Leclere's notations.
In French
Ying-yai Sheng-lan 瀛涯勝覽 | 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores'
The reference travelogue of Ma Huan, interperter and translator with Zheng He's flotilla: how China saw the world in the early Ming dynasty era.
In English
នារីរបាំកម្ពុជា | សម័យចតុមុខ និងសម័យអង្គរ
by George Groslier & Phoeurng Sackona
First Khmer translation of George Groslier's 1913 essay: 'Cambodian Dancers, Ancient and Modern' (Danseuses cambodgiennes, anciennes et modernes).
In Khmer
A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia
by Gabriel Quiroga de San Antonio & Antoine Cabaton
One 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-Rémusat
The Description of Chenla in Chinese sources (in particularly Zhou Daguan) as seen by a French Orientalist
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
La province cambodgienne de Pursat [Pursat Province, Cambodia]
by René Morizon
A rare field research touching geology, ethnography, geography, history and economics in the Pursat area, in 1925-1933.
Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia
by Jean Boisselier
Ten articles by Jean Boissellier translated from the French offer a comprehensive and stimulating vision on Khmer statuary, its regional influences and its…
In English
Mémoire collective chez les Khmers et leurs voisins [Collective Memory among the Khmers and their Neighbors]
by Joseph Thach
In English & French
Cambodia Captured
by Jim Mizerski
Angkor's First Photographers in 1860's Colonial Intrigues
In English
Sambaur Prei Kuk
by Michel Tranet
The Isanavarma Monuments (AD 615-628) and their surroundings
In French

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

ល្ខោនពោលស្រី Lakhoan Porl Srei [Female Speak-Theater]

New Journeys in Old Asia

The Angkorian World

Zhou Daguan's Customs of Cambodia: A New Translation

The Straits of Malacca, Indochina and China or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad

L'Indochine et la Chine: récits de voyage de John Thomson (French Adaptation)

Essai d'atlas statistique de l'Indochina [A Temptative Statistical Atlas of Indochina]

The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays

Cambodge et Siam: Voyage et séjour aux ruines des monuments kmers

Le Cambodge, Abrégé d'histoire et de géographie | Cambodia, History and Geography Textbook

Pioneering in the Far East, And Journeys to California in 1849 and to the White Sea in 1878

Ceremonies des 12 Mois: Fetes annuelles cambodgiennes [Twelve-Month Ceremonies: Cambodian Yearly Celebrations] EBOOK

Ying-yai Sheng-lan 瀛涯勝覽 | 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores'

នារី​របាំ​កម្ពុជា​ | សម័យ​ចតុមុខ​ និង​សម័យ​អង្គរ​

A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia

Description du Royaume de Camboge

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

La province cambodgienne de Pursat [Pursat Province, Cambodia]

Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia

Mémoire collective chez les Khmers et leurs voisins [Collective Memory among the Khmers and their Neighbors]

Cambodia Captured

Sambaur Prei Kuk

នារីរបាំកម្ពុជា | សម័យចតុមុខ និងសម័យអង្គរ