Books La Geste française en Indochine [The French Epic in Indochina] A monumental compendium of texts - often never published before - related to the French forays in mainland Southeast Asia, 17th-20th centuries. In French
Books A Voyage to Cochin-China [History of a Voyage to the China Sea] by John White An early account of Saigon, the Mekong Delta, Cambodia, Malaysia and the Philippines by the first US Navy officer who reached Cochinchina in 1819.
Publications A Siamese Prince Journeys to Angkor: Encounters with a Shared Heritage by Alexandra Denes A study on 1925 Prince Damrong's Nirat Nakhon Wat, In English
Publications និរាសនគរវត្ត Niras Nokor Wat - 1934 Edition by Suttantaprija Ind One of the first literary works - and the most famous one - linking Cambodian tradition to modernity: conventional ពាក្យកាព្យ (pikhap) form, modern message. In Khmer
Publications និរាសនគរវត្ត A Journey to Angkor - English Translation [Excerpts] by Suttantaprija Ind & Trent Walker An attempt in translating into English one of the poems that marked the birth of Cambodian modern literature. In English
Publications Avec les danseuses royales du Cambodge [With the Royal Dancers of Cambodia] by George Groslier A rare insight in the life and art of the Cambodian Royal Ballet dancers at the end of the 1920s, a critical period for the court dance form in the Kingdom. In French
Publications From Colonial Maps to Visitor's Parcours by Michael S. Falser A critical interpretation of earlier travel guidebooks and mapping operations as colonial appropriation of the Angkorean space. In English
Books L'exotisme indochinois dans la littérature française depuis 1860 (2 vol) [Indochinese Exoticism in French Literature since 1860] by Louis Malleret A pioneering study on French colonial literature and 'exoticism' from 1860 to the 1930s.
Photos Cutting of the Hair Ceremony, Royal Palace, May 1901: Photographic Documents by Henri Dufour A rare "photo feature" of a family ceremony inside Phnom Penh Royal Palace in 1901.
Books A l'école des diplomates: La perte et le retour d'Angkor [At the School for Diplomats - The Loss and Return of Angkor] by Fernand Bernard An important document on the complex history of boundary definition between Siam [now Thailand] and Cambodia, leading to further historic exploration. In French
Books Chasses au tigre et a l'éléphant: un hiver au Cambodge / A Winter in Cambodia by Edgar Boulangier One of the first published travel accounts from French explorers at the end of the 19th century, with hunting anecdotes and -- fortunately -- much more... In French
Publications De Phnom Penh a Pursat [From Phnom Penh to Pursat] by Jean Moura An important account on Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate. In French
Photos Visions of Angkor by...John Thomson by John Thomson Angkor seen by pioneer photographer John Thomson in 1866.
Books Notice sur le Cambodge [A Note on Cambodia] by Etienne Aymonier Prepatory notes for Aymonier's magnus opus, Le Cambodge in three volumes. A "pre-EFEO" radiography of Cambodia. In French
Publications 法国在柬埔寨的殖民统治及其崩溃 French Colonial Rule in Cambodia and Its Collapse by Zhaolin Xu A marxist analysis of French colonialism in Cambodia by a Chinese historian of Cambodian origin. In Chinese
Publications The (Murky) Origin of the Tokyo National Museum Collection of Khmer Art by Sadao Fujihara Ancient Khmer sculptures as "political gifting": the controversial case of cultural exchanges between Colonial France and Imperial Japan during World War II. In French & Japanese
Books East for Pleasure: The Narrative of Eight Months' Travel in Burma, Sian, the Netherlands East Indies and French Indo-China by Walter B. Harris A clever depiction of Asia in 1928 through a leisure travelogue including Angkor Wat and the ceremonies for the coronation of HM King Monivong. In English
Books 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
Books 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
Publications Au Tonkin, en Cochinchine et au Cambodge by Xavier Brau de Saint-Pol Lias A staunch proponent of French colonialist expansion taking in the state of affairs in Indochina during the troubled mid-1880s. In French
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