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Author: Michael D. Coe
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publishing Date: February 17, 2005
Paperback: 240 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0500284423
ISBN-13: 978-0500284421
Format: Hardcover, Paperback
Series: Ancient Peoples and Places
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Angkor and the Khmer Civilization (Ancient Peoples and Places)

By Admin | Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Author: A.G. Armstrong
Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 16003 KB
Print Length: 359 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B005VEZZ0U
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Product Description
History of Cambodia, History of Buddhism in Cambodia, Economic history of Cambodia, Military history of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Vietnamese people, South Vietnam.

History of Cambodia

By Admin | Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Author: National Gallery of Art (U. S.), Helen Ibbitson Jessup (Editor), Thierry Zephir (Editor)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publishing Date: September 1997
Hardcover: 400 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0500237387
ISBN-13: 978-0500237380
Format: Paperback, Hardcover
Series: Millennium of Glory
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Book Description
The 1000-year artistic legacy of Cambodia, including some of the most beautiful works of art and architecture, is displayed in the pages of this encyclopaedic, illustrated volume. Published to coincide with the exhibition opening in Paris in 1997 which then travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, it examines the mysterious culture that flourished on the mainland of Southeast Asia between 600 and 1600 AD. Centred on the northern shores of Cambodia's Great Lake, the Tonle Sap, and extending westward into eastern Thailand, the civilization reached its climax in the early 12th century AD, with the construction of Angkor Wat. Recent peace accords and a new democratic assembly have made this historic study possible. Embracing both Buddhist and Hindu traditions, the sculpture ranges from monumental works in sandstone representing gods and goddesses, guardians, female dancers and legendary creatures, to refined ritual and ceremonial bronzes. The religion, iconography, architecture and symbolism of this mysterious country is described against a historical background, depicting the various cultural environments through the decades. Together with a catalogue, stylistic analysis, glossary, timeline, bibliography and index, this work reveals insights to a culture that is still relatively unknown.

Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory

By Admin | Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Author: John Marston, Elizabeth Guthrie
Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr
Publishing Date: July 2004
Hardcover: 260 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0824826663
ISBN-13: 978-0824826666
Format: Paperback, Hardcover
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Book Description
This volume showcases some of the most current and exciting research being done on Cambodian religious ideas and practices by a new generation of scholars from a variety of disciplines. The different contributors examine in some manner the relationship between religion and the ideas and institutions that have given shape to Cambodia as a social and political body, or nation. Although they do not share the same approach to the idea of "nation," all are concerned with the processes of religion that give meaning to social interaction, which in some way includes "Cambodian" identity. Chapters touch on such far-reaching theoretical issues as the relation to religion of Southeast Asian polity; the nature of colonial religious transformation; "syncretism" in Southeast Asian Buddhism; the relation of religious icon to national identity, religion and gender; transnationalism and social movements; and identity among diaspora communities.

While much has been published on Cambodia's recent civil war and the Pol Pot period and its aftermath, few English-language works are available on Cambodian religion. This book takes a major step in filling that gap, offering a broad overview of the subject that is relevant not only for the field of Cambodian studies, but also for students and scholars of Southeast Asian history, Buddhism, comparative religion, and anthropology.

History, Buddhism, and New Religious Movements in Cambodia

By Admin | Saturday, December 17, 2011