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Angkor’s Temples in the Modern Era

War, Pride, and Tourist Dollars


 
Author
John Burgess
ISBN
9786164510463
Size
H232 x W170 mm
No. of pages
268 pages
Specification
Paperback ,187 photographs and 1 map

Description


 

–Jon Swain, author of River of Time: A Memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia

John Burgess, a seasoned journalist who has visited Cambodia many times since 1969, has written five absorbing books about Angkorian civilisation, including two finely imagined novels. His latest, Angkor’s Temples in the Modern Era, is deftly written, sumptuously illustrated, and highly recommended.

–David Chandler, author of A History of Cambodia

John Burgess brings his writing skills and expert knowledge to the story of Angkor’s relationship with the modern world. More than a thousand years ago, the Khmer civilization arose in what is now Cambodia. Its famous sandstone temples, such as Angkor Wat, are, except for the Cambodian people themselves, that civilization’s sole survivors. Yet, despite many international attempts to protect the temples, the ravages of the 20th and 21st centuries – wars, tourism, greed, politics, and plunder – are a far greater a threat than the jungle ever was. Burgess’s book is a must-read.

–Stanley Cloud, former Saigon and Washington bureau chief of Time magazine