The Non-Western World: Environment, Development, and Human Rights

الغلاف الأمامي
Psychology Press, 2004 - 589 من الصفحات
Through a cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary approach, this introductory textbook focuses on critical issues of development, environment, and cultural conflicts facing most area of the non-Western world. Areas covered include China, Japan, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa.

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المحتوى

Introduction to the NonWestern World
1
The Chinese Cultural Area
71
Japan and Korea
157
Southeast Asia
243
The Indian Subcontinent
319
The Islamic World of the Middle East
409
SubSaharan Africa
483
Why Is Africa Underdeveloped?
491
Why Cant Africa Feed Itself?
499
AIDS in SubSaharan Africa
511
Western Economic Aid to Africa
544
Future Prospects and Challenges
551
Three Major Challenges
560
The TwentyFirst Century
575
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طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات

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نبذة عن المؤلف (2004)

Pradyumna P. Karan is Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky, one of the leading departments in the country. He is the author of sixteen books on the geography and culture of Asian regions (Japan, Tibet, Nepal, India) and American regions.

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