Murder and Mayhem in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia: Anthony van Diemen vs. King Ramadhipati I mandala this book engages the language

this book engages the language of sex and sexuality in Thailand from critical feminist and queer studies perspectives

a long-time correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review

as a piece of ancient titillation unworthy of attention in the modern day

Boonlua’s passage from precocious child of an aristocratic lineage under the absolute monarchy to fiery debater in the liberal explosion after 1973 cuts across the social upheavals of twentieth-century Thailand

Murder and Mayhem in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia: Anthony van Diemen vs. King Ramadhipati I mandala this book engages the languageWith a fold out map Murder and Mayhem in Seventeenth Century Cambodia tells the fascinating story of the origins, course, and consequences of the conflict in the 1630s and 1640s between Cambodia and the Dutch East India Company (VOC), a confrontation that has the dubious distinction of being history's first between a mainland Southeast Asian state and a European power. Apart from its appeal as an extraordinary tale in its own right, this historical