East and Southeast Asia 20232024

East and Southeast Asia 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
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"
Reprinted with permission of the Association of
Asian Studies from Education About
EAST ASIA
China
The People's Republic of China
Hong Kong
Macau
Tibet
"Tibetan Buddhism" by Jeannine Chandler
Taiwan: Republic of China
Japan
Korea
The Republic of Korea (South Korea)
South Korea's Rasputin by Mark JihunSuk
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
Bibliography and Additional Resources

About the author

James E. Hoare retired from the British Foreign Service in 2003 after 33 years as a Research Analyst.

Product details

• Authors: James E. Hoare, Hoare James E.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781538176085
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7608-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: World Today (Stryker)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Education, REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Reference, Reference works, History of Education, Asian History, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs, HISTORY / Asia / South / General