Phnom Penh: A Cultural History - Brossura

Osborne, Milton

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ISBN 10: 0195342488 ISBN 13: 9780195342482

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, 2008

Riassunto

As a one-time resident of Phnom Penh and an authority on Southeast Asia, Milton Osborne provides a colorful account of the troubled history and appealing culture of Cambodia's capital city. Osborne sheds light on Phnom Penh's early history, when first Iberian missionaries and freebooters and then French colonists held Cambodia's fate in their hands. The book examines one of the most intriguing rulers of the twentieth century, King Norodom Sihanouk, who ruled over a city of palaces, Buddhist temples, and transplanted French architecture, an exotic blend that remains to this day. Osborne also describes the terrible civil war, the Khmer Rouge's capture of the city, the defeat of Pol Pot in 1979, and Phnom Penh's slow reemergence as one of the most attractive cities in Southeast Asia.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Milton Osborne is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra. He is the author of nine books on the history and politics of Southeast Asia.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195342488
• ISBN 13: 9780195342482
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232