Courtney Work is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethnology, National Chengchi University. She studied at Cornell University, and has published multiple papers on the intersections of religion, traditional practices, and the politics of land, global development, and climate change.

“Meditative, and sometimes beautiful, Work’s voice is both humble and bold, modest and daring…Skilfully, she made of Khmer words and concepts– potentially so strange and alienating– the grounds for a shared experience.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“The book contains exciting discussions, especially for studying religion and environment…It is a provocative book that promises to reopen debates about state–society–environment arrangements in Cambodia both past and present and to enrich the anthropological study of human–nature relationships.” • South East Asisa Research“Tides of Empire is a provocative book that advances long submerged connections among state development, layered religious practices, and ecological or place-making endeavors in Southeast Asia.” • Lorraine V. Aragon, University of North Carolina

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroductionChapter 1. Shaping the Space: Movement, Stories, and StructureChapter 2. A Roadology: Intentional Acts of Movement and TransformationChapter 3. Neak Ta: Articulating the BoundariesChapter 4. The Cham: History, Memory, and PracticeChapter 5. Merit in Motion: Temple Building and Other Powerful ActsConclusionGlossary of Non-English TermsReferencesIndex

Courtney Work is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethnology, National Chengchi University. She studied at Cornell University, and has published multiple papers on the intersections of religion, traditional practices, and the politics of land, global development, and climate change.

“Meditative, and sometimes beautiful, Work’s voice is both humble and bold, modest and daring…Skilfully, she made of Khmer words and concepts– potentially so strange and alienating– the grounds for a shared experience.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“The book contains exciting discussions, especially for studying religion and environment…It is a provocative book that promises to reopen debates about state–society–environment arrangements in Cambodia both past and present and to enrich the anthropological study of human–nature relationships.” • South East Asisa Research“Tides of Empire is a provocative book that advances long submerged connections among state development, layered religious practices, and ecological or place-making endeavors in Southeast Asia.” • Lorraine V. Aragon, University of North Carolina

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroductionChapter 1. Shaping the Space: Movement, Stories, and StructureChapter 2. A Roadology: Intentional Acts of Movement and TransformationChapter 3. Neak Ta: Articulating the BoundariesChapter 4. The Cham: History, Memory, and PracticeChapter 5. Merit in Motion: Temple Building and Other Powerful ActsConclusionGlossary of Non-English TermsReferencesIndex

Courtney Work is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethnology, National Chengchi University. She studied at Cornell University, and has published multiple papers on the intersections of religion, traditional practices, and the politics of land, global development, and climate change.

“Meditative, and sometimes beautiful, Work’s voice is both humble and bold, modest and daring…Skilfully, she made of Khmer words and concepts– potentially so strange and alienating– the grounds for a shared experience.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“The book contains exciting discussions, especially for studying religion and environment…It is a provocative book that promises to reopen debates about state–society–environment arrangements in Cambodia both past and present and to enrich the anthropological study of human–nature relationships.” • South East Asisa Research“Tides of Empire is a provocative book that advances long submerged connections among state development, layered religious practices, and ecological or place-making endeavors in Southeast Asia.” • Lorraine V. Aragon, University of North Carolina

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroductionChapter 1. Shaping the Space: Movement, Stories, and StructureChapter 2. A Roadology: Intentional Acts of Movement and TransformationChapter 3. Neak Ta: Articulating the BoundariesChapter 4. The Cham: History, Memory, and PracticeChapter 5. Merit in Motion: Temple Building and Other Powerful ActsConclusionGlossary of Non-English TermsReferencesIndex