1st Edition
Colonial Cambodia's 'Bad Frenchmen' The rise of French rule and the life of Thomas Caraman, 1840-87
By Gregor Muller
Copyright 2006
312 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
312 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
312 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Colonial Cambodia's "Bad Frenchmen" provides a captivating analysis of the gradual establishment of French colonialism in the late nineteenth century. Drawing on new materials from French, Vietnamese and Cambodian archives, it reconstructs a time during which France struggled to give meaning and substance to its Protectorate over Cambodia.
It traces the lives of failed colonists – most... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Kingdom’s Capital 1868-1869 3. Educators and Collaboratos 1870-1873 4. The Meaning of Justice 1874-1876 5. Rules of Romance and Reproduction 1877-1879 6. Honorable Affairs 1880-1883 7. Under Siege 1884-1887 8. Conclusion
Biography
Gregor Muller is an archivist at the National Archives of Cambodia and a
delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross. He lives in Cambodia
on a Mekong island near Phnom Penh.
