Penny Edwards, "Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation 1860-1945," (Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2007)

This study of Cambodian nationalism brings to life eight turbulent decades of cultural change and sheds new light on the colonial ancestry of Pol Pot's murderous dystopia. Penny Edwards re-creates the intellectual milieux and cultural traffic linking Europe and empire, interweaving analysis of key movements and ideas in the French Protectorate of Cambodge with contemporary developments in the Metropole.With its fresh take on the dynamics of colonialism and nationalism, Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation, 1860-1945 will become essential reading for scholars of history, politics, and society in Southeast Asia. Edwards' analysis of Buddhism and her consideration of Angkor's emergence as a national monument will be of particular interest to students of Asian and European religion, museology, heritage studies, and art history. It will also appeal to specialists in modern French history, cultural studies, and colonialism, as well as readers with a general interest in Cambodia. Cambodian nationalism podcast Penny Edwards Cambodian history colonial ancestry of Pol Pot Cambodge cultural change 1860-1945 French Protectorate in Cambodia intellectual milieux in colonial Cambodia Buddhism and Cambodian nationalism Angkor as a national symbol Cambodian cultural history colonialism and nationalism in Southeast Asia cultural dynamics in French Cambodia Cambodian independence movement heritage studies and Angkor Wat Cambodian nationalism under French rule Asian and European religious influences Cambodia and French colonial policies art history and national monuments in Cambodia Southeast Asian history podcast modern French colonial history cultural traffic between Europe and Cambodia East Asian Studies Podcast East Asian History Southeast Asian History Cambodian History