Short History of Cambodia, A: From Empire to Survival Development ”—Surichai Wun’gaeo

”—Surichai Wun’gaeo

and by the time the older couple returns to Thailand

Baker and Pasuk have thrown down a gauntlet to challenge non-Thai-reading literary scholars to deploy current literary theory in conversation with their Thai colleagues

the ruins of the excesses of the 1990s still stain the skyline

he has created more than seventy works for the stage

Short History of Cambodia, A: From Empire to Survival Development ”—Surichai Wun’gaeoTemples and killing fields, mighty rivers and impenetrable forests, a past filled with glory and declineCambodia is a land of contrasts. A millennium ago it was an empire at the height of its power, building the vast temple complexes of Angkor. Now, a thousand years later, ravaged by conflict and a genocidal civil war, Cambodia finds itself struggling with democracy, and on the lowest end of the global spectrum of economic wealth. In this concise and