Phnom Penh: A Cultural History

by Milton E. Osborne

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195342488
• ISBN13: 9780195342482
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"