The Natural Environment
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Over de oorsprong van de benaming Maluku bestaan verschillende lezingen. In de loop van de geschiedenis zijn bovendien verschillende gebieden met deze naam aangeduid. Pas in het begin van de 19de eeuw, met de intree van het Gou- vernement der Molukken onder beheer van een Gouverneur, worden de grenzen van het gebied, dat wij nu kennen als de Molukken, geregeld. Vóór deze tijd werd de term Mal…
Japan continues to be a subject of compelling fascination for American journalists and scholars, not simply as an object of cultural curiosity, but because popular understanding of the Japanese phenomenon has become essential to the public support of an effective foreign policy
This volume is one of a series of handbooks prepared by the Foreign Areas Studies Division (FASD) of The American University, designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political and military institutions and practices of various countries. The empha- sis is on objective description of the nation's present s…
Since the writing of the 1967 edition of the Area Handbook for Laos new information and source materials have become available on the area of Laos controlled by the Lao Patriotic Front (Neo Lao Hak Sat NLHS)
THIS BOOK HAS BEEN WRITTEN around three principal ideas-the crossroads char- acter of Southwest Asia, the role of water in its economy, and the way in which man is changing the landscape.rnrnA major asset of the area is its centrality, and the chief justification for any use of the term Middle East lies in Southwest Asia's strategic position between Europe, Africa, and the bulk of Asia. Since t…
SINCE this work was first published, twenty-one years ago, several naturalists have visited the Archipelago; and in order to give my readers the latest results of their researches I have added footnotes whenever my facts or conclusions have been modified by later discoveries. I have also made a few verbal alterations in the text to correct any small errors or obscurities. These corrections and …