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

ISBN-13: 9780415947145 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 589 str.

Pradyumna Prasad Karan

Opis

This new introductory textbook provides an integrated, up-to-date introduction to the lands, people, and cultures of the non-Western world. Through a cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary approach, the book focuses on critical issues of development, environment, and cultural conflicts facing most areas of the non-Western world. Areas covered include China, Japan, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. Each chapter focuses on one of these regions, framing within historical context the issues of geography, socioeconomics, politics, culture, environment, human rights, and gender.

Recenzje

"This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary look at the lands and peoples of the non-Western world. The level of detail it provides is great and the scope of the book is broad. It fills an important gap in the available materials on the non-Western world for college-level introductory coursework in the social sciences." - David Zurick, Eastern Kentucky University

Spis treści

1. The Non Western World 2. The Chinese Cultural Area 3. Japan and Korea 4. Southeast Asia 5. The Indian Subcontinent 6. The Islamic Middle East 7. Sub Saharan Africa 8. Challenges and Prospects

O autorze

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.