Dragons and Tigers
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Dragons and Tigers

A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia

  1. 544 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Dragons and Tigers

A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia

About this book

Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East, and Southeast Asia, Third Edition is the only book that covers all three regions South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. It is the most comprehensive book on the market for a Geography of Asia course.It contains updated and additional maps covering distribution of religions, physical features, linguistic and religious pluralism in Southeast Asia, and more. Using a cross-disciplinary approach, the author discusses evolving physical and cultural landscapes. New to this edition is added content coverage on the impact of globalization, environmental issues, recent environmental disasters and their effects on the region, the recent global economic crisis, migration and urbanization, gender and child welfare issues, religious conflict, agribusiness and sustainability and new patterns of trade.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780470876282
eBook ISBN
9781118139998
Edition
3
Subtopic
Geography

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Chapter 1 The Big Picture: Major Influences
  6. Chapter 2 Environments and People
  7. Chapter 3 Population, Gender, and Disparity
  8. Chapter 4 Development, Urbanization, Migration, and Quality of Life
  9. Chapter 5 Agriculture, Food, and Food Security
  10. Chapter 6 South Asia: Creating Dilemmas Diversity
  11. Chapter 7 South Asia: Pakistan and the Himalayan States
  12. Chapter 8 South Asia: India, Giant of the Subcontinent
  13. Chapter 9 South Asia: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Islands of the Indian Ocean
  14. Chapter 10 East Asia: Center of the World
  15. Chapter 11 China: Great Dragon Rising
  16. Chapter 12 Japan: Century 21
  17. Chapter 13 Korea and Taiwan: Tigers Rising
  18. Chapter 14 Southeast Asia: Transition among the Nagas
  19. Chapter 15 Mainland Southeast Asia: Turmoil and Peace
  20. Chapter 16 Insular Southeast Asia
  21. Glossary
  22. Index