John A. Tully

France on the Mekong

A History of the Protectorate in Cambodia, 1863-1953

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on largely unexploited archival sources, France on the Mekong is the first comprehensive history of the colonial era in Cambodia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9780761824312
• ISBN-10: 0761824316
• Artikelnr.: 29190985

Autorenporträt

John A. Tully is a Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword by Professor David Chandler Chapter 2 Author's Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction: A Faustian Bargain
Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 August 1863: Gunboat Diplomacy on the
Mekong Chapter 7 The Cambodian Dark Ages Chapter 8 Take the road traveled
by the ancestors Chapter 9 An Unequal Struggle Chapter 10 The Great
Rebellion Chapter 11 "The King is a mere puppet" Chapter 12 Economic and
Social Development in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 13 Sisowath "might
almost be a Frenchman" Chapter 14 Patterns of Rural Violence and Resistance
Chapter 15 The Great Peasant Revolt: The 1916 Affair Chapter 16 "Kind of
Belle Époque:" The Monarchy and Politics between the Wars Chapter 17 The
Mission Civilisatrice: Health, Education and the Restoration of Angkor
Chapter 18 Sons of Toil or Sons of Angkor Chapter 19 Boom, Bust and Social
Development Between the Wars Chapter 20 A Dictatorship of Police and Civil
Servants Chapter 21 King Rubber Chapter 22 The Fall of France and the
Franco-Thai War Chapter 23 A Little Tiger on the Throne Chapter 24 The
Vichy Regime: Authoritarianism, Khmérité and Revolt Chapter 25 The "Kingdom
of Kampuchea" and the Return of the French Chapter 26 The Parliamentary
Experiment Chapter 27 An Asian Alsace-Lorraine Chapter 28 Absolutism Versus
Parliamentary Democracy Chapter 29 The Khmer Issarak Insurrection Chapter
30 Sihanouk Triumphant: "The Royal Crusade for Independence" Chapter 31
Conclusion: In the Image of France? Chapter 32 Glossary Chapter 33
Bibliography Chapter 34 Index Chapter 35 About the Author