A History of Cambodia

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by  David Chandler

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A HISTORY OF CAMBODIA
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A HISTORY
of
CAMBODIA
Fourth Edition
DAVID CHANDLER
Monash University
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
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Copyright © 2008 by Westview Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chandler, David.
A history of Cambodia / David Chandler. — 4th ed.
p. cm.
Previously published: 3rd ed. 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-4363-1
ISBN-10: 0-8133-4363-1
1. Cambodia--History. I. Title.
DS554.5.C46 2007
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations xi
Preface to the Fourth Edition xiii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 THE BEGINNINGS OF
CAMBODIAN HISTORY 13
Indianization, 15
Funan, 18
Government and Society in Early
Cambodia, 27
3 KINGSHIP AND SOCIETY
AT ANGKOR 35
Sources for Angkorean History, 36
Jayavarman II and the Founding of Angkor, 39
Yasovarman and His Successors, 42
Angkorean Kingship, 53
Angkor Wat, 56
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viii CONTENTS
4 JAYAVARMAN VII AND
THE CRISIS OF THE
THIRTEENTH CENTURY 65
Jayavarman VII and Buddhist Kingship, 66
The Temples of Jayavarman VII, 73
Theravada Buddhism and the Crisis of the
Thirteenth Century, 80
Zhou Daguan’s Account of
Angkor, 1296–97, 83
5 CAMBODIA AFTER ANGKOR 91
The Shift from Angkor to Phnom Penh, 92
Cambodia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Centuries, 96
Values in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia, 106
Vietnamese and Thai Activities in
Cambodia, 112
Conclusions, 115
6 STATE, SOCIETY, AND FOREIGN
RELATIONS, 1794–1848 119
Society and Economy, 120
Patronage and Government, 125
The Okya, 130
Cambodia’s Relations with Vietnam
and Siam, 136
7 THE CRISIS OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY 141
The Imposition of Vietnamese Control, 142
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CONTENTS ix
The Vietnamization of Cambodia,
1835–40, 149
Siam and the Restoration of Cambodian
Independence, 161
8 THE EARLY STAGES OF THE
FRENCH PROTECTORATE 167
The Establishment of the French
Protectorate, 171
The Tightening of French Control, 174
Sisowath’s Early Years, 180
9 CAMBODIA’S RESPONSE TO
FRANCE, 1916–45 187
The 1916 Affair, 187
The Assassination of Résident Bardez, 191
The Beginnings of Nationalism, 194
The Impact of World War II, 201
The Growth of Nationalism and the Return of
the French, 207
10 GAINING INDEPENDENCE 211
The Development of Political Parties, 212
The Growth of the Left, 218
Sihanouk and the Achievement of
Independence, 224
11 FROM INDEPENDENCE
TO CIVIL WAR 233
The Assembly Election, 233
Sihanouk’s Policies, 238