Southeast Asia

This comprehensive survey of Southeast Asia addresses the specific problems related to the uneven economic development of the region versus the rest of the world and within the context of the geography, history, culture, society, and economics of that region. While the emphasis is on the present, it examines the past as a means of understanding current patterns.

Addressing the latest issues and developments relating to Southeast Asia, this book also presents the indigenous culture, external forces, population and settlement characteristics, and economic patterns of the region. The book covers a wide range of settings and conditions, from the chaos and isolation of the politics in Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia to the economic development in Singapore. It also presents the inequality and poverty in nations where economic progress has been recorded.

1. An Opening View, Richard Ulack and Thomas Leinbach.

I. THE DEVELOPMENTAL CONTEXT.

2. The Physical Environment, David M. Kummer.
3. Historical and Cultural Patterns, Robert R. Reed.
4. Demographic and Social Patterns, Graeme Hugo.
5. Urbanization, Jon Goss.
6. Perspectives on Agriculture and Rural Development, James A. Hafner.
7. Industrialization and Trade, Thomas R. Leinbach and John T. Bowen, Jr.
8. Tourism, Richard Ulack and Vincent J. Del Casino, Jr.
9. Transportation and Development : Land, Sea, and Air, Thomas R. Leinbach, Christopher A. Airriess, and John T. Bowen, Jr..
10. The Role of the State, Carolyn L. Cartier.
11. Gender and Development, Carolyn L. Cartier and Jessica Rothenberg-Aalami.

II. SPECIFIC STATES AND ISSUES OF CONCERN.

12. Indonesia, Graeme Hugo.
13. Malaysia and Brunei, Christopher A. Airriess.
14. Singapore, John T. Bowen, Jr.
15. The Philippines, Richard Ulack.
16. Thailand, James A. Hafner.
17. Burma, Robert E. Huke.
18. Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, Dean Forbes and Cecile Cutler.
19. A Closing View : Development Dynamics - Prospects in the New Millenium, Thomas R. Leinbach and Richard Ulack.