‘1620’, A Cautionary Tale
The rivalry between Cambodia and Siam during the 17th century.
The rivalry between Cambodia and Siam during the 17th century.
One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.
Maps from Dutch, English and French cartographers dating back from the 17th century.
A major study on regional and global trade historic phases, their impact on development of polities and kingdoms around 1th-16th...
Burmese and Khmer influences on Siamese musical forms and instruments.
An early exploration of Angkor and surrounding temples by German anthropologist Adolf Bastian.
The first and only collection of Spanish and Portuguese written sources on Angkor, predating the Angkorian "rediscovery" by more than...
One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.
An essay on ascetic arts and Indic influences in ancient Cambodia and Siam.
The troubled years of mid-19th century, when Cambodia was struggling to survive as a nation.
Where was located Chên Li Fu, a Gulf of Siam State under Khmer influence around the years 1200-1250?
A European woman's view on Southeast Asia at the turn of the 20th century
Political entities and terminology in early and pre-modern Southeast Asia
An early account of Angkor and pre-colonial Cambodial included in this compendium on the Siamese Kingdom in the 1830s-1850s.
A picturesque and pertinent travelogue of the 1871 mission set to rescue Cambodian princesses from Bangkok.
Political, strategical, commercial and agricultural motives led to the successive emergence of Khmer capital cities after Angkor lost its central...
Relations between genders are one of the areas in which a distinctive Southeast Asian pattern exists.
The first volume of a remarkable account of the Siamese and Laotian societies, geographical surveys and mining explorations.
Second volume of a remarkable account of the Siamese, Cambodian and Laotian societies, geographical surveys and mining explorations.
Pepper and Power: Chinese Port Colonies and Khmer, Siam and Vietnamese rivalries in the Mekong Delta area.
A documented profile of the later-acclaimed explorer, who had died in Laos and whose fame had not been yet established.
Back to the intellectual and aesthetical origins of Hindu architecture and its Southeast Asian derivatives, particularly in the Khmer tradition.
New findings on regional kingdoms with links to Funan, Angkor and the development and collapse of the Khmer Empire.
A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.
In modern Laos and Thailand, Khmer art of building and sculpting is still highly visible
With a map of "Indochina", an expanded version of Pere Bouillevaux's 1858 book.
Archeological, architectural and historical sum on Indic influences in Southeast Asia.
The Khmer cultural and artistic heritage in the Siamese sphere of influence at the turn of the 20th century.
The visionary park-museum launched in 1963 by Lek Viriyaphant in Bangkok, "from dawn to the Siam civilization".
These informative notes stand among the earliest descriptions of Angkor and pre-colonial Cambodia by Western travelers.
The earliest contribution on Angkor published in an European scientific journal by a Southeastasian scholar.
The astonishingly vivid and detailed Geography of India and Indochina by French free-thinker Élisée Reclus.
Critical assessment of the English translation by Joyanto K. Sen of a classical study, and the translator's response.
Rejecting the notion of 'Angkorean tradition', the author emphasizes the Siamese influence on modern times Cambodian Court Dance.
Back to the Siamese statesman's visit to Preah Vihear, claimed by Thai nationalists until the international recognition of Cambodia's rights...
Notations on Angkor and Cambodian resources by an enigmatic traveler-adventurer, J.G.G. d'Aubain.
A trove of historical notations on Russian-Siamese relations in the 19th-20th centuries
A documented argument of the 'Fall of Angkor'.
An informed portrait of Siem Reap since the times of the "rediscovery" of Angkor.
A stimulating travel blog looking for ancient kingdoms behind the facade of modernity.
The interaction between Tantric Buddhism as developed in the Khorat region of Siam and its Khmer versions across what is...
A contemporary summary of various explanations regarding the decline and fall of Angkor as a "megacity".
The written account that decades later inspired a best-selling book and a Hollywood musical is nevertheless a valuable document for...
How did Franciscan, Dominican and Jesuit missionaries interact with the rulers of Cambodia?
The prestigious publication in Thai and Southeast Asian studies now online.
The first published account of a visit to Angkor by an American citizen.
A magnificent art collection, presented when 'provenance' only meant speculations about dates and styles, not how rightfully (or not) artworks...
Mon and Mon-Khmer tribes came from the North, not from the South: new insights on an old controversy among linguists...
A well-balanced study on cultural and artistic exchanges around ancient Southeast Asia, summarizing the author's original view on the Indianization...
Or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
A fascinating exploration of lesser known, unofficial documents and testimonies on pre-colonial Cambodia and the French push for colonization.
"The temple stands solitary and alone in the jungle, in too perfect order to be called a ruin, a relic...
The English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.
The one and only Thai treatise on dance, a stunning collection of texts and illustrations dating back from 1790 onwards.
The first popularization book on Indochina published in Russia. Authored by a bestselling female writer.
One of the first Russian extensive accounts of Cambodia at the end of the 19th century, by erudite and diplomat...
Siam, Annam, and (indirectly) Cambodia in this recollection of Tsarevich Nikolai II's travel to Asia.