The Southeast Asia Handbook
The Southeast Asia Handbook by Patrick Heenan, published by Taylor & Francis in 2001, offers a comprehensive overview of the economic conditions and development challenges faced by Southeast Asia. This edition spans 342 pages and is presented in English, making it accessible for a wide audience. The book is part of the Regional Handbooks of Economic Development series, which aims to provide insights into the complex interplay of social, political, and economic factors that influence the growth of developing regions.
Readers will find a detailed exploration of the region’s economic landscape, including discussions on population, natural resources, foreign trade, and labor issues. Each chapter-length essay is authored by recognized experts, ensuring a well-rounded analysis of key economic issues. The handbook also includes valuable support materials such as a chronology of events, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography for further reading, making it a useful reference for those interested in business, economics, and political science related to Southeast Asia.
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The Regional Handbooks of Economic Development series provides accessible overviews of countries within their larger domestic and international contexts, focusing on the relations among regions as they meet the challenges of the twenty first century.
The series allows the non-specialist student to explore a wide range of complex factors-social and political as well as economic-that affect the growth of developing regions in Asia, Europe, and South America. Each Handbook provides an overview chapter discussing the region’s economic conditions within an historical and political context, as well as 20 or more chapter-length essays written by recognized experts, which analyze the key issues affecting a region’s economy: its population, natural resources, foreign trade, labor problems, and economic inequalities, and other vital factors.
In addition, the volumes offer useful support materials, including a series of appendices that include a detailed chronology of events in the region, a glossary of terms, biographical entries on key personalities, an annotated bibliography of further reading, and a comprehensive analytical index.
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