The Southeast Asia Handbook by Patrick Heenan, Monique Lamont... - 9781884964978

Taylor & Francis

The Southeast Asia HandbookAuthor(s): Patrick Heenan, Monique Lamontagne\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781884964978, 978-1884964978\nSynopsis\nThe Regional Handbooks of Economic Development series provides accessible overviews of countries within their larger domestic and international contexts, focusing on the relations among regions as they meet the challenges of the twenty first century.\n\nThe series allows the non-specialist student to explore a wide range of complex factors-social and political as well as economic-that affect the growth of developing regions in Asia, Europe, and South America. Each Handbook provides an overview chapter discussing the region's economic conditions within an historical and political context, as well as 20 or more chapter-length essays written by recognized experts, which analyze the key issues affecting a region's economy: its population, natural resources, foreign trade, labor.