Murder and Mayhem in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia: Anthony van Diemen vs. King Ramadhipati I Modern History Few subjects elicit greater moral

Few subjects elicit greater moral outrage than human trafficking

Richly illustrated with historic photographs

based on the Tai Lü manuscript of 1963

Pattana Kitiarsa was Assistant Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies

He is presently working on a wider project on 'alternative visions of development' in the Southeast Asian context

Murder and Mayhem in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia: Anthony van Diemen vs. King Ramadhipati I Modern History Few subjects elicit greater moralWith 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