TY  - BOOK
AU  - ECCLESTON Bernard (ed.)
AU  - DAWSON Michael (ed.)
TI  - The Asia-Pacific profile
SN  - 0415172802 (pbk.):
PY  - 1998///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - ANGLONESIA
KW  - APEC
KW  - ARMED FORCES
KW  - ASEAN
KW  - ASIA PACIFIC REGION
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - BOUNDARIES
KW  - BRUNEI
KW  - BURMA
KW  - CAMBODIA
KW  - CANADA
KW  - CHILE
KW  - CHINA
KW  - COLOMBIA
KW  - COSTA RICA
KW  - DEFENCE EXPENDITURE
KW  - DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS
KW  - ECONOMIC INDICATORS
KW  - ECONOMICS
KW  - ECUADOR
KW  - EL SALVADOR
KW  - GUATEMALA
KW  - HONDURAS
KW  - HONG KONG
KW  - INDONESIA
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - KOREA
KW  - LAOS
KW  - MACAU
KW  - MALAYSIA
KW  - MAPS
KW  - MELANESIA
KW  - MEXICO
KW  - MICRONESIA
KW  - MIGRATION
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
KW  - NICARAGUA
KW  - NORTH KOREA
KW  - NORTHEAST ASIA
KW  - PANAMA
KW  - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
KW  - PERU
KW  - PHILIPPINES
KW  - POLITICS
KW  - POLYNESIA
KW  - REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
KW  - RUSSIA
KW  - SINGAPORE
KW  - SOCIAL INDICATORS
KW  - SOUTH KOREA
KW  - SOUTHEAST ASIA
KW  - STATISTICS
KW  - TAIWAN
KW  - THAILAND
KW  - TOURISM
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - VIETNAM
N2  - COVERAGE:Combines maps, diagrams, commentaries, documents, and statistical data on every State around and within the Pacific: North-East and South-East Asia; the Western rim of Central and South America; the Pacific Island States; the Russian Far East; North America; and Australasia.ARRANGEMENT:Part 1 includes 25 maps on such topics as State boundaries 1914; State boundaries 1950; The Pacific War 1941-45; Major armed conflicts since 1950; membership of regional organisations; defence expenditure 1985 and 1994; numbers in the armed forces 1985 and 1994. Part 2 provides a country by country digest of individual countries around the Pacific Rim, arranged alphabetically by country name. Each profile includes locator map, bulleted points on background history and current political framework, as well as sets of data for key variables. Comparative statistical tables of demographic, economic and statistical indicators are also appended. The next grouping of country by country digests covers the Russian Far East, Brunei, Pacific Islands, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Anglonesia, again with appended statistical indicators. Part 3 contains the text of primary documents, with explanatory notes, which cover regional collaboration, post-war security, international organizations, and historical themes such as the Cold War
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