Angkor Wat and Cultural Ties with India
Title | Angkor Wat and Cultural Ties with India PDF eBook |
Author | Krishna Murari Srivastava |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Includes a project report for the conservation and restoration of the monuments of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, Kampuchea.
Angkor Wat – A Transcultural History of Heritage
Title | Angkor Wat – A Transcultural History of Heritage PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Falser |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 1169 |
Release | 2019-12-16 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 3110335840 |
This book unravels the formation of the modern concept of cultural heritage by charting its colonial, postcolonial-nationalist and global trajectories. By bringing to light many unresearched dimensions of the twelfth-century Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat during its modern history, the study argues for a conceptual, connected history that unfolded within the transcultural interstices of European and Asian projects. With more than 1,400 black-and-white and colour illustrations of historic photographs, architectural plans and samples of public media, the monograph discusses the multiple lives of Angkor Wat over a 150-year-long period from the 1860s to the 2010s. Volume 1 (Angkor in France) reconceptualises the Orientalist, French-colonial ‘discovery’ of the temple in the nineteenth century and brings to light the manifold strategies at play in its physical representations as plaster cast substitutes in museums and as hybrid pavilions in universal and colonial exhibitions in Marseille and Paris from 1867 to 1937. Volume 2 (Angkor in Cambodia) covers, for the first time in this depth, the various on-site restoration efforts inside the ‘Archaeological Park of Angkor’ from 1907 until 1970, and the temple’s gradual canonisation as a symbol of national identity during Cambodia’s troublesome decolonisation (1953–89), from independence to Khmer Rouge terror and Vietnamese occupation, and, finally, as a global icon of UNESCO World Heritage since 1992 until today.
History of International Relations
Title | History of International Relations PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Ringmar |
Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2019-08-02 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1783740256 |
Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international systems that traditionally existed in Europe, East Asia, pre-Columbian Central and South America, Africa and Polynesia. The second part discusses the ways in which these international systems were brought into contact with each other through the agency of Mongols in Central Asia, Arabs in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Indic and Sinic societies in South East Asia, and the Europeans through their travels and colonial expansion. The concluding section concerns contemporary issues: the processes of decolonization, neo-colonialism and globalization – and their consequences on contemporary society. History of International Relations provides a unique textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of international relations, and anybody interested in international relations theory, history, and contemporary politics.
Cultural and Civilisational Links between India and Southeast Asia
Title | Cultural and Civilisational Links between India and Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Shyam Saran |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 375 |
Release | 2018-07-20 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9811073171 |
The books presents the study undertaken by the ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) on India’s cultural links with Southeast Asia, with particular reference to historical and contemporary dimensions. The book traces ancient trade and maritime links, Chola Empire and Southeast Asia, religious exchanges (the Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic heritage), language, scripts and folklore, performing arts, painting and sculpture, architecture, role of the Indian Diaspora, contemporary cultural interaction, etc.
World Heritage Angkor and Beyond
Title | World Heritage Angkor and Beyond PDF eBook |
Author | Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin |
Publisher | Universitätsverlag Göttingen |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3863950321 |
"Angkor, the temple and palace complex of the ancient Khmer capital in Cambodiais one of the world's most famous monuments. Hundreds of thousands oftourists from all over the globe visit Angkor Park, one of the finest UNESCO WorldHeritage Sites, every year. Since its UNESCO listing in 1992, the Angkor regionhas experienced an overwhelming mushrooming of hotels and restaurants; theinfrastructure has been hardly able to cope with the rapid growth of mass tourismand its needs. This applies to the access and use of monument sites as well. The authors of this book critically describe and analyse the heritage nominationprocesses in Cambodia, especially in the case of Angkor and the temple ofPreah Vihear on the Cambodian/Thai border. They examine the implications theUNESCO listings have had with regard to the management of Angkor Park andits inhabitants on the one hand, and to the Cambodian/Thai relationships on theother. Furthermore, they address issues of development through tourism thatUNESCO has recognised as a welcome side-effect of heritage listings. They raisethe question whether development through tourism deepens already existinginequalities rather than contributing to the promotion of the poor"--Publisher's description.
Understanding Collapse
Title | Understanding Collapse PDF eBook |
Author | Guy D. Middleton |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 463 |
Release | 2017-06-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 110715149X |
In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses - showing how and why collapse of societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted.
Cultural Rapprochement Between India and Southeast Asia
Title | Cultural Rapprochement Between India and Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Patit Paban Mishra |
Publisher | |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
On the cultural exchange between Orissa and Southeast Asia; a study.