Colonial Cambodia's 'Bad Frenchmen': The rise of French rule and the life of Thomas Caraman, 1840-87 (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) - Brossura

Muller, Gregor

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415545536 ISBN 13: 9780415545532

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2006

Riassunto

Colonial Cambodia's Bad Frenchmen provides a captivating analysis of the gradual establishment of French colonialism in the late nineteenth century. Drawing on new materials from French, Vietnamese and Cambodian archives, it reconstructs a time during which France struggled to give meaning and substance to its Protectorate over Cambodia.

It traces the lives of failed colonists - most notably Thomas Caramen, who all constituted a challenge to the colonial enterprise by muddling its social, cultural and racial boundaries. In its consideration of the critical role played by these colonists, this compelling book shifts away from governor-generals, grand discourses and the simple view of colonialism as 'colonizers' versus 'colonized', to explore how things actually worked themselves out on the ground. It examines in particular the 'civilizing mission' and educational initiatives; the slow destruction of the indigenous justice system; the policing of sexual relations between colonisers and colonized; the theft of Cambodian land and taxes by the colonizing power; and the brutal repression of resistance wherever and whenever it appeared.

Overall, Muller reveals the crucial role played by indigenous middlemen and marginal Europeans in the rise of the colonial state, and tells the fascinating tale of a Frenchman who came to represent everything that the colonial state dreaded.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Gregor Muller is an archivist at the National Archives of Cambodia and a
delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross. He lives in Cambodia
on a Mekong island near Phnom Penh.

Contenuti:

1. Introduction  2. The Kingdom’s Capital 1868-1869  3. Educators and Collaboratos 1870-1873  4. The Meaning of Justice 1874-1876  5. Rules of Romance and Reproduction 1877-1879  6. Honorable Affairs 1880-1883  7. Under Siege 1884-1887  8. Conclusion

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415545536
• ISBN 13: 9780415545532
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 312