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Long neglected by Western travellers, Phnom Penh became Cambodias permanent capital in 1866. It has been home to Iberian missionaries and French colonialists, with a stunning mix of traditional palaces, Buddhist temples and transplanted French architecture. Author from Australian National University
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monografia Rebiun37729745 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun37729745 m o d cr ||||||||||| 071211s2008 enkab ob 001 0 eng d GBA946282 bnb 9781904955405 1904955401 INARC eng INARC OCLCO a-cb--- 959.6 22 Osborne, Milton E. Phnom Penh a cultural and literary history Milton Osborne ; [foreword by William Shawcross] Oxford [U.K.] Signal Books 2008 Oxford [U.K.] Oxford [U.K.] Signal Books 1 online resource (xvi, 232 pages illustrations, map) 1 online resource (xvi, 232 pages Text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Cities of the imagination Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and indexes Foreword William Shawcross -- Ch. 1.) A Personal Introduction to a Changing City -- Ch. 2.) Deciphering the Palimpsest: Finding the Past in the Present -- Ch. 3.) Iberian Alarums and Excursions -- Ch. 4.) Royal City, Colonial City -- Ch. 5.) Transformation: Building the New Phnom Penh in an Era of Colonial Good Feeling -- Ch. 6.) Phnom Penh before the Second World War: A Literary Way Station for the Angkor Temples -- Ch. 7.) Watershed Years, 1939-1953 -- Ch. 8.) "Sihanouk Time", 1953-1970 -- Ch. 9.) Three Years, Eight Months and Twenty Days: Phnom Penh under Pol Pot -- Ch. 10.) Writing Obituaries for "Old Phnom Penh" -- Ch. 11.) Ambiguous City in an Ambiguous Country, 1979-1993 -- Ch. 12.) Today's City: Somehow Hope Survives -- App. A.) The Royal Palace -- App. B.) The National Museum Long neglected by Western travellers, Phnom Penh became Cambodias permanent capital in 1866. It has been home to Iberian missionaries and French colonialists, with a stunning mix of traditional palaces, Buddhist temples and transplanted French architecture. Author from Australian National University Civilization. Sozialgeschichte. Kultur. Literatur. Phnom Penh. Kambodja. Phnom Penh (Cambodia)- History Phnom Penh (Cambodia)- Civilization Cambodia- Phnom Penh. Kambodscha. Phnom Penh. History. Cities of the imagination