Presenting Cambodia

Author : Mick Shippen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : 1906780994

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Presenting Cambodia by Mick Shippen Pdf

Given the splendours of Angkor Thom together with another 90 temple sites within the Angkor Archaeological Park, it is no wonder that Cambodia is dubbed the 'Kingdom of Wonder'. In its listing, UNESCO described Angkor as 'an exceptional testimony to a lost civilization'. But Cambodia is also a revitalized modern country with new infrastructure and many living traditions, as well as stunning countryside and quiet beaches. Mick Shippen's informative and entertaining text illustrated by his distinctive and highly personal photography present a wide-ranging introduction to the many facets of Cambodia for resident and visitor alike. The main text is accompanied by sidebars or box stories that highlight details of particular interest, provide anecdotal information and give a lively and reader-friendly look to the book. The book is divided into two parts, the first part giving an overview of the landscapes, people, history, modern economy and culture of Cambodia, and the second looking in detail at the five main regions: Phnom Penh and Around; the North-west; Siem Reap and Angkor; the South Coast and the East.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781621968917

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Landmines in Cambodia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marie Alexandrine Martin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0520070526

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Cambodia, a Shattered Society by Marie Alexandrine Martin Pdf

Drawing from 25 years of research and travel in Cambodia, the French anthropologist Marie Alexandrine Martin provides a new perspective on the Khmer Rouge's rise to power and the Vietnamese occupation of the country.

Author : Vincent McNamara,Martin Hayden
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811682131

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Education in Cambodia by Vincent McNamara,Martin Hayden Pdf

This book is the most comprehensive account yet published about the education system in Cambodia. It covers all system levels and draws upon the knowledge and insights of a wide range of leading Cambodian and foreign scholars. The book focuses on how the system has developed and is making progress. Significant achievements over the past two decades are evident, but many problems remain, including the poor quality of teaching, research and institutional management. Under-funding is an ongoing obstacle, but so too is a bureaucratic culture of resistance to change, a history of weak governance, and an anti-reform sentiment deriving from a teacher-centred and exam-driven curriculum. Achieving international standards must now be the system’s highest priority. To this end, the system must rid itself of conservatism, complacency and manipulation by parochial vested interests.

Author : Katherine Brickell,Simon Springer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317567837

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The Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia by Katherine Brickell,Simon Springer Pdf

Offering a comprehensive overview of the current situation in the country, The Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia provides a broad coverage of social, cultural, political and economic development within both rural and urban contexts during the last decade. A detailed introduction places Cambodia within its global and regional frame, and the handbook is then divided into five thematic sections: Political and Economic Tensions Rural Developments Urban Conflicts Social Processes Cultural Currents The first section looks at the major political implications and tensions that have occurred in Cambodia, as well as the changing parameters of its economic profile. The handbook then highlights the major developments that are unfolding within the rural sphere, before moving on to consider how cities in Cambodia, and particularly Phnom Penh, have become primary sites of change. The fourth section covers the major processes that have shaped social understandings of the country, and how Cambodians have come to understand themselves in relation to each other and the outside world. Section five analyses the cultural dimensions of Cambodia’s current experience, and how identity comes into contact with and responds to other cultural themes. Bringing together a team of leading scholars on Cambodia, the handbook presents an understanding of how sociocultural and political economic processes in the country have evolved. It is a cutting edge and interdisciplinary resource for scholars and students of Southeast Asian Studies, as well as policymakers, sociologists and political scientists with an interest in contemporary Cambodia.

Author : Katherine Brickell,Simon Springer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317567820

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The Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia by Katherine Brickell,Simon Springer Pdf

Offering a comprehensive overview of the current situation in the country, The Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia provides a broad coverage of social, cultural, political and economic development within both rural and urban contexts during the last decade. A detailed introduction places Cambodia within its global and regional frame, and the handbook is then divided into five thematic sections: Political and Economic Tensions Rural Developments Urban Conflicts Social Processes Cultural Currents The first section looks at the major political implications and tensions that have occurred in Cambodia, as well as the changing parameters of its economic profile. The handbook then highlights the major developments that are unfolding within the rural sphere, before moving on to consider how cities in Cambodia, and particularly Phnom Penh, have become primary sites of change. The fourth section covers the major processes that have shaped social understandings of the country, and how Cambodians have come to understand themselves in relation to each other and the outside world. Section five analyses the cultural dimensions of Cambodia’s current experience, and how identity comes into contact with and responds to other cultural themes. Bringing together a team of leading scholars on Cambodia, the handbook presents an understanding of how sociocultural and political economic processes in the country have evolved. It is a cutting edge and interdisciplinary resource for scholars and students of Southeast Asian Studies, as well as policymakers, sociologists and political scientists with an interest in contemporary Cambodia.

Author : Joel Brinkley
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610390019

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Cambodia's Curse by Joel Brinkley Pdf

A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history--the streets of Phnom Penh are paved; skyscrapers dot the skyline. But under this façade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Joel Brinkley won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in Cambodia on the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime that killed one quarter of the nation's population during its years in power. In 1992, the world came together to help pull the small nation out of the mire. Cambodia became a United Nations protectorate--the first and only time the UN tried something so ambitious. What did the new, democratically-elected government do with this unprecedented gift? In 2008 and 2009, Brinkley returned to Cambodia to find out. He discovered a population in the grip of a venal government. He learned that one-third to one-half of Cambodians who lived through the Khmer Rouge era have P.T.S.D.--and its afflictions are being passed to the next generation. His extensive close-up reporting in Cambodia's Curse illuminates the country, its people, and the deep historical roots of its modern-day behavior.

Author : Jim Mizerski
Publisher : Jasmine Image Machine
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789996381614

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Finale, The Royal Cremations of Norodom and Norodom Sihanouk, Kings of Cambodia by Jim Mizerski Pdf

Descriptions and Photographs of the events surrounding the deaths and cremations of King Norodom and King Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia

Author : Nicholas Coffill
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781462922987

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Photography in Cambodia by Nicholas Coffill Pdf

A stunning visual journey through Cambodian culture, history, art, struggle, and modernization. Cambodia has two parallel histories. One is the constant stream of adventurers and diplomats, kings and rebels, archaeologists and artists drawn to the magnificent ruins at Angkor. Another is the formation of a nation through the Cambodian people's fierce struggles with colonialism, war, revolution, famine, and finally, the long road to recovery. This book captures these parallel stories through the eyes of talented photographers who were present to record such events. The images, which include many rare and never-before-published photos, are drawn from archives, national collections, libraries, and private collections. This treasure trove of nearly 500 photographs showcases the work of over 100 photographers--including pioneering female photographers, Cambodian and international photographers, and some who died soon after the rise of the Khmer Rouge. Within these pages, readers will find a fresh perspective on Cambodia. From the early days of French colonialism through the struggle for independence, and emergence into an uneasy peace in the 21st century.

Author : Henry Kamm
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : 1559704330

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Cambodia by Henry Kamm Pdf

Based on his observations over three decades, Henry Kamm, Pulitzer Prize-winning NEW YORK TIMES Southeast Asia correspondent, unravels the complexities of Cambodia. Kamm's invaluable document--a factual and personal account of its troubled history-- gives the Western reader the first clear understanding of this magic land's past and present.

Author : Elyse Booth
Publisher : Wanderlust
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-10
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1990241034

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Cambodia: Photo Book on Cambodia by Elyse Booth Pdf

This photography book ventures into the wonderful world of Cambodia. Visit the "Floating Village", the iconic temples of Angkor wat, and beautiful beaches of Koh Rong. This diverse culture is stunningly captured throughout the photos in this book. I found the people in Cambodia especially happy and kind. They found purpose in their lives and loved their country.

Author : Kraig Lieb,Tom Vater
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1532385234

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Cambodia: a Journey Through the Land of the Khmer by Kraig Lieb,Tom Vater Pdf

Author : Annuska Derks
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824832704

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Khmer Women on the Move by Annuska Derks Pdf

This is a fascinating ethnography about young Khmer women moving to the city to work in the garment factories, in prostitution, and as street sellers. The author makes good use of new theoretical approaches in anthropology that focus on negotiation and creativity in situations of rapid change. The result is not only a welcome new book on post-war Cambodia but an important addition to the literature on women, migration, and labor in Southeast Asia and the world. —Judy Ledgerwood, Northern Illinois University Khmer Women on the Move offers a fascinating ethnography of young Cambodian women who move from the countryside to work in Cambodia’s capital city, Phnom Penh. Female migration and urban employment are rising, triggered by Cambodia’s transition from a closed socialist system to an open market economy. This book challenges the dominant views of these young rural women—that they are controlled by global economic forces and national development policies or trapped by restrictive customs and Cambodia’s tragic history. The author shows instead how these women shape and influence the processes of change taking place in present-day Cambodia. Based on field research among women working in the garment industry, prostitution, and street trading, the book explores the complex interplay between their experiences and actions, gender roles, and the broader historical context. The focus on women involved in different kinds of work allows new insight into women’s mobility, highlighting similarities and differences in working conditions and experiences. Young women’s ability to utilize networks of increasing size and complexity allows them to move into and between geographic and social spaces that extend far beyond the village context. Women’s mobility is further expressed in the flexible patterns of behavior that young rural women display when trying to fulfill their own "modern" aspirations along with their family obligations and cultural ideals.

Author : Jim Mizerski
Publisher : DatAsia Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1934431613

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Cambodia Past by Jim Mizerski Pdf

An original English language translation of Etienne Francois Aymonier's 1875 French Language "Notice Sur le Cambodge". Aymonier presents a succinct view of Cambodia in the mid-nineteenth century, as seen by an expatriate who actively observed and studied it for several years. It is a valuable informative record of that time and place, and in describing Cambodia's pre-colonial past, its culture, customs and traditions, it is also useful in explaining present day Cambodia. The historic photographs of Cambodia captured by French photographer Emile Gsell between 1866 and 1875 have been added to illustrate the text and to describe Cambodia in the first dozen years after it became a French Protectorate.

Author : Cambodia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110469934

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Country Presentation for Cambodia by Cambodia Pdf