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East and Southeast Asia : 2019-2020

Updated annually, East & Southeast Asia provides just enough historical background on the evolution of Modern East & Southeast Asia to help students gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this vital region

Book  - 2019
915 Lei
1 copy / 0 on hold

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Location
Victoria Available

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  • ISBN: 9781475852516
  • ISBN: 1475852517
  • Physical Description print
    viii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
  • Edition 52nd edition.
  • Publisher Lanham, MD : Stryker-Post Publications, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-326)
Formatted Contents Note: East and Southeast Asia today -- Map: East, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific -- Historical background -- (A diversity of people -- Religious beliefs -- Women in traditional Asia -- The impact of the West -- Nationalism, Communism and revolution -- Women in modern East and Southeast Asia -- From post-Colonialism to globalization -- "Asia and the climate crisis") -- East Asia -- (China -- The People's Republic of China -- Hong Kong -- Macau -- Tibet -- Tibetan Buddhism by Jeannine Chandler -- Taiwan : Republic of China -- Japan -- Korea: Republic of Korea (South Korea) -- Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) -- Mongolia) -- Southeast Asia -- (Brunei Darussalam -- Cambodia -- East Timor -- Indonesia -- Laos -- Malaysia -- Myanmar (Burma) -- Papua New Guinea -- The Philippines -- Singapore -- Thailand -- Vietnam) -- Western Pacific -- (Australia -- New Zealand -- Island communities of the Western and Southern Pacific)