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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 fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in very condition and features a signature from the author on the first pageonly 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 rulersexcellent pages, a little edge and cover wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaperback, probably a pay for print edition
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 insisowath 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 junethis official visit occurred at the height of french colonial expansionin good conditionshows some shelf wearhe left everything suddenly to follow the dancers of the royal ballet to marseille, from where they would embark on their return to cambodiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morepreviously, 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 propagandarodin was immediately fired by a passion and enthusiasm for the aesthetics of this art and the purity and grace of its expressionsthe 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 refinementin 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 dancersat the exhibition in marseilles, the area devoted to indochina was the largest of the seven sections
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 catawikitested silver 900, weight 182 ghere we have a silver betel box in the shape of a gooseour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableunfortunately the pol pot regime almost put an end to this fine tradition and this silver boxes are getting difficult to find nowadaysthe 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 century
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 areasin general very good condition  the author, is an australian journalist and diplomatsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea 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 powerillustrated with photographs taken by the authoroxfam bookshop hexham 1st edition published inthe dust jacket is unclipped but has some damage (see photographs)
9 €