Encyclopedia of Modern AsiaCall Number: REF DS4 .E53 2002
ISBN: 0684806177
Publication Date: 2002-11-27
The Encyclopedia encompasses East Asia and the countries of Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan, but it does not include Siberia or Caucasia. The set is geared toward a generally educated readership with the aim of covering a diverse, rather than uniform, Asia. All 2,800 entries, ranging from 200-4,000 words each, are followed by a bibliography of further readings. The thematic Reader's Guide shows articles organized into Asia's six major regions (west, southwest, central, east, southeast, and south). Within each region, organization is under the topics of arts, literature, and recreation; economics, commerce, and transportation; geography and the natural world; government, politics, and law; international relations; language and communication; peoples, cultures, and society; history and profile; religion and philosophy; and science, technology, and health. An important sub-theme is the relationship between particular countries.