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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.

A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories
by Peter Boomgaard
A crosscultural, multidisciplinary, study on water, its economic and social impact, and its symbolism.
In English
A Dictionary of Pre-Angkorian Khmer
by Philip N. Jenner
The 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
Histoire du Cambodge de la fin du XVIe siecle au XVIIIeme siecle [Cambodia from the end of 16th to the 18th century]
by Phoeun Mak
The reference study in 17th century Cambodia, its internal turmoil and the ever more complicated relations with its powerful neighbors, Siam and Vietnam.
In French
ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ចាប់ពីចុងសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៦ រហូតដល់ដើមសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៨ |History of Cambodia from the end of 16th to 18th Centuries |
by Phoeun Mak
The Khmer translation and edition of Mak Phoeun's major study on 17th century Cambodia, initially published in French.
In Khmer
Le Roi lépreux
by Pierre Benoit
Novelization of the life and challenges of a French Angkor conservator in the 1920s.
In French
中国古籍中的柬埔寨史料 [Cambodian Historical Data in Chinese Ancient Books]
by Collective
A compilation of references to Cambodia (or Zhenla, Funan, etc) in Chinese ancient chronicles
In Chinese
Nārāyana ou Celui qui se meut sur les eaux
by Makhali-Phal
Cambodia as the ultimate land of the Creation, where all living beings converge to the revelation of the Supreme Being.
In French
L'Aile de feu | Wing of Fire
by Jeanne Leuba
An engrossing novel set in an Indochinese plantation in the 1910s, with an unforgettable visit to Angkor and the Bayon.
In French
Le feu et l'amour | Fire and Love
by Makhali-Phal
A symbolist and powerful novel set in an imaginary Angkorean palace.
In French
La favorite de dix ans
by Makhali-Phal
Ascetes, sacred dancers and kings in a fantasy Khmer kingdom evoked by an archetypal symbolist novel.
In French
Lumieres d'Orient / Eastern Lights
by Émile Vedel
From Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Madurai (South India) and Canton (Guanghzou), an inspiring travelogue towards Angkor, with a magnificient description, and Oceania.
In French
Un pèlerin d'Angkor
by Pierre Loti
One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.
In French
ការបង្កើតរដ្ឋថៃ The Birth of the Thai State
by Michel Tranet
A specialist of Khmer antiquities in Thailand assesses the history of the modern state of Thailand.
In Khmer
The Indianized States of Southeast Asia
by George Coedès
The English translation of a reference book on Southeast Asia ancient history
In English
Le Phnom Kulen et sa région, Carte et Commentaire | Phnom Kulen and Its Area, Map and Monograph
by Jean Boulbet
Gods, Trees and Human Beings on Cambodia's sacred mountain.
In French
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos
by Henri Mouhot
The English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.
In English
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

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

A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories

A Dictionary of Pre-Angkorian Khmer

Histoire du Cambodge de la fin du XVIe siecle au XVIIIeme siecle [Cambodia from the end of 16th to the 18th century]

ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ចាប់ពីចុងសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៦ រហូតដល់ដើមសតវត្សរ៍ទី១៨ |History of Cambodia from the end of 16th to 18th Centuries |

Le Roi lépreux

中国古籍中的柬埔寨史料 [Cambodian Historical Data in Chinese Ancient Books]

Nārāyana ou Celui qui se meut sur les eaux

L'Aile de feu | Wing of Fire

Le feu et l'amour | Fire and Love

La favorite de dix ans

Lumieres d'Orient / Eastern Lights

Un pèlerin d'Angkor

ការបង្កើតរដ្ឋថៃ The Birth of the Thai State

The Indianized States of Southeast Asia

Le Phnom Kulen et sa région, Carte et Commentaire | Phnom Kulen and Its Area, Map and Monograph

Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos

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)