Phnom Penh: A Cultural History (Cityscapes)

Phnom Penh: A Cultural History (Cityscapes)

As a one-time resident of Phnom Penh and an authority on Southeast Asia, Milton Osborne provides a colorful account of the troubled history and appealing culture of Cambodia's capital city. Osborne sheds light on Phnom Penh's early history, when first Iberian missionaries and freebooters and then French colonists held Cambodia's fate in their hands. The book examines one of the most intriguing rulers of the twentieth century, King Norodom Sihanouk, who ruled over a city of palaces, Buddhist temples, and transplanted French architecture, an exotic blend that remains to this day. Osborne also describes the terrible civil war, the Khmer Rouge's capture of the city, the defeat of Pol Pot in 1979, and Phnom Penh's slow reemergence as one of the most attractive cities in Southeast Asia.

Country	USA
Author	Milton Osborne
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780195342482
Edition	1
ISBN	0195342488
Label	Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press
MPN	black & white illustrations, maps, front
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	232
PartNumber	black & white illustrations, maps, front
PublicationDate	2008-09-04
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Studio	Oxford University Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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