Publication Information
Author:
Aymonier, E. (Etienne), b.
1844
Thompson, Margaret
Title:
Cambodia - Volume 1: the modern kingdom
Published By:
New Haven: Human Relations Area Files, 1953. 125 p.: ill.,
maps
By line:
Étienne Aymonier
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 2012. Computer File
Culture:
Cambodians (AM04)
Subjects:
Historical reconstruction (174);
Topography and geology (133);
Education system (871);
Ordering of time (805);
Verbal arts (5310);
Music (533);
Districts (634);
Classes (565);
Status, role, and prestige (554);
Territorial hierarchy (631);
Legal norms (671);
Real property (423);
Regulation of marriage (582);
Family relationships (593);
Slavery (567);
Sex and marital offenses (684);
Ethnic stratification (563);
Prophets and ascetics (792);
Abstract:
This source contains a part of the first volume of a three-volume work
by Aymonier, 'Le Cambodge,' that is mainly concerned with the ancient Khmer
culture and its monuments. It is considered a standard work but has been
outdated by the later work of Lawrence P. Briggs. The text included here
contains general descriptive information about Cambodia and it inhabitants
during the late nineteenth century. The introduction includes information about
the author and a general survey of the literature concerning Cambodia up to the
year 1900. The chapters describe the geography; the people, their racial
composition and number, their customs, religion, arts, and social classes; the
kingdom, its organization, the king and his household, the royal classes; the
law codes; the judicial organization; and slavery.
Document Number:
147
Document ID: am04-147
Document Type:
Component part(s), monograph
Language:
English translation from French
Note:
Translation of: Le Cambodge, I: Le Royaumme
Actuel, Ernest Leroux, 1900. Translated from the French for Human Relations Area
Files by Margaret Thompson. The original French text is not available in this
database.
Included in the Files: only the introduction (p.
i-xxiii) and the first four chapters (p. 1-102) of Volume 1.
The entire table of contents for Volume I has
been added to the end of the text included in the files. The errata for the
portion included will be found in on page 477; the corrections listed have been
incorporated into the translation. Twenty-five figure.
Field Date:
c. 1879
Evaluation:
Linguist-4
Analyst:
Margaret Vranesh ; 1953 ; Teferi Abate Adem;
2012
Coverage Date:
1300-1900
Coverage Place:
Cambodia
LCSH:
Cambodia
