Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-326).
Contents:
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).
Summary:
An annually updated presentation of East & Southeast Asia past and present, providing introductory regional and comparative chapters followed by distinct sections on each country in the region. --Adapted from publisher description
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