Understanding Australia's neighbours : an introduction to East and Southeast Asia / Nick Knight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, Nick, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Asia.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

vii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Introduction to East and Southeast Asia

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Contents:

The idea of 'Asia': Australia's 'Near North', East and Southeast Asian

Tradition and modernity in East and Southeast Asian: the family

Tradition and modernity in East and Southeast Asian: religion

Colonialism in East and Southeast Asian: how important was the impact of the West?

Nationalism and revolution in East and Southeast Asian

Nations and nation-building in East and Southeast Asian

International politics and East and Southeast Asian: the Cold War and the Sino-Soviet split

The rise and decline of the Japanese economic 'miracle'

The newly industrialising economies of East and Southeast Asian: economic growth and economic challenge

Democracy and human rights

Globalisation and East and Southeast Asian

Australia and Asia, 'Asia' in Australia.

Notes:

"First published by Crawford House Publishing 2000."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.

ISBN:

0521549418

OCLC:

55016403

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