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7 million people died between and when the khmer rouge ruled cambodiaoxfam shop heaton survivor: the triumph of an ordinary man in the khmer rouge genocide (signed copy) chum mey's confessions with introduction by david chandler and youk chhang chung mey personifies the tormented history of his country, surviving gunfights and rocket attacks during a civil war, losing his wife and four children during the brutal khmer rouge regime, and dragged blindfolded into tuol sleng prison, where more than people were chained and tortured and sent to a killing fieldthe book is in very condition and features a signature from the author on the first pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly a handful survived, and chung mey's story provides a rare glimpse inside the workings of a brutal and highly organised assembly line of death
19 €
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle book on the harrowing genocide perpetrated by cambodia's khmer rouge rulerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaperback, probably a pay for print editionexcellent pages, a little edge and cover wear
4 €
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead rodin and the cambodian dancers: his final passion by dominique viéville - french text this exhibition illustrates the extraordinary encounter of rodin with the aesthetics of khmer dance, which he discovered on the occasion of the official visit to france by king sisowath of cambodia inthis official visit occurred at the height of french colonial expansionat the exhibition in marseilles, the area devoted to indochina was the largest of the seven sectionsin good conditionshows some shelf wearin just one week, he made about one hundred and fifty drawings, re-transcribing or interpreting the ballet poses, with an obvious fascination for the arms and hands of the dancerssisowath 1st had just been crowned king of cambodia when he undertook the first trip ever to be made by a cambodian sovereign to france, which had controlled cambodia since junethe first performance of the cambodian royal ballet took place in the context of the colonial exhibition in marseillessome slight damage to the top right corner, and some light fading on the front coverthese drawings were later highlighted with watercolour, creating coloured harmonies of a rare refinementpreviously, the universal exhibition of had attracted 48 million visitors! the organisers realised what a tremendous impact this event made on the public, and it was soon adopted as the main tool for colonial propagandasee oxfam website for delivery information read morerodin was immediately fired by a passion and enthusiasm for the aesthetics of this art and the purity and grace of its expressionshe left everything suddenly to follow the dancers of the royal ballet to marseille, from where they would embark on their return to cambodia
40 €
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Very fine old khmer craftsmanship decorated with repoussé techniqueare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletested silver 900, weight 182 gplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe tradition of cambodian silver work stretches back hundreds of years, the french encouraged the development of silver crafts during the colonial period, and by the early 20th centuryhere we have a silver betel box in the shape of a gooseunfortunately the pol pot regime almost put an end to this fine tradition and this silver boxes are getting difficult to find nowadaysour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
115 €
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The author reveals the people's way of life, the majesty and mystery of angkor and the khmer ruins and the journeys to the more remote areasillustrated with photographs taken by the authorin general very good condition the author, is an australian journalist and diplomatthe dust jacket is unclipped but has some damage (see photographs)see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hexham 1st edition published ina fascinating account of siam, now modern day thailand, the only country between persia and china which has never been subjected to control by a foreign power
9 €