Southeast Asia : realm of contrasts / edited by Ashok K. Dutt
Imprint
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c1985
Edition
3rd rev. ed
Descript
xiii, 268 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
CONTENT
General and topical: Geopolitical base ; Physical environment ; Cultural diversity ; Agricultural framework ; Economic infrastructure ; Rural-urban change ; Role of national planning -- Case studies: Indonesia: insular contrasts of the Java core with outer islands ; Burma: from colonialism to socialism ; Indochina: physical setting and evolution of the tonkin core area ; Indochina: evolution of the core areas of Champa, the Mekong Delta, Angkor, and the Upper Mekong Valley ; Thailand: a geographical analysis ; Philippines: emerging fragmented nation ; Malaysia: multiethnicity and new settlement schemes ; Southeast Asia's most progressive country: Singapore ; Brunei: a country with surplus balance of payments ; Perspectives on Southeast Asia