Cambodia Now
Life in the Wake of War
Karen J.
Coates
ISBN
978-0-7864-2051-3
photos, glossary, maps, notes, chronology, appendix, bibliography, index
392pp.
softcover
(7 x 10)
2005
Available for immediate shipment
Description
Cambodia has never recovered from its Khmer Rouge past. The genocidal regime of 1975-1979 and the following two decades of civil war ripped the country apart. This work examines Cambodia in the aftermath, focusing on Khmer people of all walks of life and examining through their eyes key facets of Cambodian society, including the ancient Angkor legacy, relations with neighboring countries (particularly the strained ones with the Vietnamese), emerging democracy, psychology, violence, health, family, poverty, the environment, and the nation’s future.
Along with print sources, research is drawn from hundreds of interviews with Cambodians, including farmers, royalty, beggars, teachers, monks, orphanage heads, politicians, and non-native experts on Cambodia. Dozens of exquisite photographs of Cambodian people and places illustrate the work, which concludes with a glossary of Cambodian words, people, places and names, and an appendix of organizations providing aid to Cambodia.
About the Author
Karen J. Coates is a freelance journalist who writes for a variety of newspapers, magazines and journals around the world. She is based in Thailand.
 Award Winner
Winner, August Derleth Award--Council for Wisconsin Writers; Editors’ Pick--Foreign Policy Association
Reviews
"compelling"--Pacific Affairs Journal
"in this moving book, illustrated with Redfern’s photos, Coates depicts the spunk, the verve, and the color of a resilient and optimistic people"--Wildlife Conservation Magazine
"an impressive book…one of a few publications to focus on life in Cambodia today"--The Montanan
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