asia, southeastern

Examines the costumes of Oceania at different eras throughout history, looking at what clothing and body adornment reveals about the culture and society of the region, and includes color illustrations, a glossary, a time line, and resource lists.

Provides an overview of the history of India and Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the development of Islam..

An overview of Southeast Asia's economic development that provides profiles of eleven nation states; articles on history and context, issues, and relations with the wider world; and such reference tools as a chronology, biographies, and short profiles of ethnic groups and political institutions.

Contains over thirty Asian stories, covering a geographic region that extends from Pakistan across to Japan; and includes a brief look at Asia, and an introduction to several modern Asian storytellers and styles.

Interpretations of the oral folk stories of the Hmong people, with photographs of the native dress and the story depicted on the pa ndau story cloth.

The author shares the story of her dangerous journeys throughout Southeast Asia, along with evolutionary biologist Gary Galbreath, in search of the golden moon bear and evidence that will prove whether or not it is a previously unknown species or subspecies.