{"product_id":"france-on-the-mekong-9780761824312","title":"France on the Mekong","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on largely unexploited archival sources, France on the Mekong is the first comprehensive history of the colonial era in Cambodia. The book takes as its point of departure Marx''s early appraisal of colonialism''s double mission in Asia. Tully argues that King Norodom''s decision to invite in the French in 1863 was a Faustian bargain for Cambodia. While the Protectorate did ensure the continued existence of the Cambodian state, and did much to preserve Cambodia''s crumbling cultural legacy, the downside was that authoritarian rule was entrenched rather than weakened, and that the country was left seriously underdeveloped when the French left in 1953. Colonialism disturbed the foundations of traditional society, but did not replace them. This was to have disastrous consequences for post-colonial Cambodia a point that the author develops at the end of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first comprehensive work in any language on Cambodia as a 90-year French colony. Summing Up: RECOMMENDED. All levels. -- H.T. Wong, Eastern Washington University * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eFrance on the Mekong is a straightforward narrative that traces the political and social developments of Cambodia under French rule. Tully's well-researched and comprehensive treatment of the subject…is a much-needed contribution to the literature on the subject. -- Patricia M.E. Lorcin, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities * H-France Review *\u003cbr\u003eJohn Tully's masterful fine grained study of the French Colonial era in Cambodia fills a wide lacuna in Cambodian historiography and is also a marvelous read...he provides one of the fairest and most nuanced pictures of the French geste that I have encountered in over forty years of immersion in the subject. -- From the Foreword, Professor David Chandler, Washington, D.C. \u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Foreword by Professor David Chandler Chapter 2 Author's Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction: A Faustian Bargain Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 August 1863: Gunboat Diplomacy on the Mekong Chapter 7 The Cambodian Dark Ages Chapter 8 Take the road traveled by the ancestors Chapter 9 An Unequal Struggle Chapter 10 The Great Rebellion Chapter 11 \"The King is a mere puppet\" Chapter 12 Economic and Social Development in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 13 Sisowath \"might almost be a Frenchman\" Chapter 14 Patterns of Rural Violence and Resistance Chapter 15 The Great Peasant Revolt: The 1916 Affair Chapter 16 \"Kind of Belle Époque:\" The Monarchy and Politics between the Wars Chapter 17 The Mission Civilisatrice: Health, Education and the Restoration of Angkor Chapter 18 Sons of Toil or Sons of Angkor Chapter 19 Boom, Bust and Social Development Between the Wars Chapter 20 A Dictatorship of Police and Civil Servants Chapter 21 King Rubber Chapter 22 The Fall of France and the Franco-Thai War Chapter 23 A Little Tiger on the Throne Chapter 24 The Vichy Regime: Authoritarianism, Khmérité and Revolt Chapter 25 The \"Kingdom of Kampuchea\" and the Return of the French Chapter 26 The Parliamentary Experiment Chapter 27 An Asian Alsace-Lorraine Chapter 28 Absolutism Versus Parliamentary Democracy Chapter 29 The Khmer Issarak Insurrection Chapter 30 Sihanouk Triumphant: \"The Royal Crusade for Independence\" Chapter 31 Conclusion: In the Image of France? Chapter 32 Glossary Chapter 33 Bibliography Chapter 34 Index Chapter 35 About the Author","brand":"Rlpg\/Galleys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037771006295,"sku":"9780761824312","price":94.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761824312.jpg?v=1750937233","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/france-on-the-mekong-9780761824312","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}