Photos Books Colonial Law Making: Cambodia under the French
Or how to make the unlawful into laws: the legal pretences of French Protectorat over Cambodia.Publications Puzzling Pavilion
What is the origin of the "Iron Palace", often called "Napoleon" or "Suez", erected in the precinct of the Royal Palace of Cambodia in the 1860s or 1870s?Publications De Phnom Penh a Pursat [From Phnom Penh to Pursat]
An important account on Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.Publications Quinze jours au Cambodge [A Fortnight in Cambodia]
Subtitle: "Moeurs, Coutumes, Superstitions, Légendes: Excursion dans les provinces de Roléia-Paier et Compong-Leng".Publications Un voyage a la cour du roi Nom-Rodon (lettre sur le Cambodge, Nocor Khmer)
A visit to Phnom Penh Royal Palace in 1870, only four years after its construction started.Photos Phnom Penh and Indochina 1885, by Xavier Brau de Saint-Pol Lias
The photographic record of a visit to Phnom Penh in 1885.Publications Travelers, Dreamers, Adventurers and Agitators: Common Worlds and Uncommon Lives Across Nineteenth–Century Cambodia
A fascinating exploration of lesser known, unofficial documents and testimonies on pre-colonial Cambodia and the French push for colonization.Books Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos
The English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.Books នារីរបាំកម្ពុជា | សម័យចតុមុខ និងសម័យអង្គរ
First Khmer translation of George Groslier's 1913 essay: 'Cambodian Dancers, Ancient and Modern' (Danseuses cambodgiennes, anciennes et modernes).Books Doudart de Lagree au Cambodge et en Indo-chine (Lettres d'un precurseur) [Doudart de Lagree, Letters of a Pioneer]
One of the first publications dedicated to the saga of the Commission d'exploration du Mekong.Books Lettre: Le Cambodge
A short and telling plea for the colonial economic development of Cambodia.Books Un pèlerin d'Angkor - Illustré [by Francois de Marliave]
One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.Books Treatises on Dance | ตำรารำ (Tảrā rả)
The one and only Thai treatise on dance, a stunning collection of texts and illustrations dating back from 1790 onwards.Books Elephant train, Phnom Penh to Bangkok in 1871
A picturesque and pertinent travelogue of the 1871 mission set to rescue Cambodian princesses from Bangkok.Publications Cambodia in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: A quest for survival, 1840-1863
The troubled years of mid-19th century, when Cambodia was struggling to survive as a nation.