1st Edition

The Monsoon Lands of Asia

By R.R. Rawson Copyright 2007
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

According to the author a geographic region must satisfy the following conditions: however striking the diversity of the physical setting and the languages, religions and general appearance of the people, there must be some aspect of culture (for example, the social outlook or the organization of the economy) which pervades the area in such a way as to justify the recognition and study of that... Read more
1 Introduction 2 Structure and Relief 3 Climate 4 Natural Vegetation 5 Soils 6 Historical Geography 7 Agriculture 8 Manufacturing Industry 9 India: the British Period and the Partition of 1947 to The Republic of India 11 Pakistan and Kashmir 12 Ceylon 13 China 14 Japan and Korea 15 South-east Asia 16 Postscript Selected Bibliography, Index

Biography

R.R Rawson