Chapter 1 The Big Picture: Major Influences .................... 1
Chapter 1 Enviroment and People ............................... 26
Chapter 3 Population, Gender, and Disparity ................... 60
Chapter 4 Development, Urbanisation, Migration, and
(Duality of Life) ................................... 86
Chapter 5 Agriculture, Pood, and Food Security ............... 119
Chapter 6 South Asia: Creating Dilemmas of Diversity ......... 150
Chapter 7 South Asia: Pakistan and the Himalayan States ...... 180
Chapter 8 South Asia: India, and Giant of the Subcontinent ... 2І5
Chapter 9 South Asia: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Islands of
the Indian Ocean ................................... 249
Chapter 10 South Asia: Center of the World .................... 270
Chapter 11 China: Great Dragon Rising ......................... 296
Chapter 12 Jараn: Century 21 .................................. 338
Chapter 13 Korea and Taiwan: Tigers Rising .................... З6О
Chapter 14 Southeast Asia: Transition among the Nagas ......... 382
Chapter 15 Mainland Southeast Asia: Turmoil and Peace ......... 412
Chapter 16 Consular Southeast Asia ............................ 449
Conclusion .................................................... 485
Recommended Web Sites ......................................... 486
Glossary ...................................................... 488
Index ......................................................... 499
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