From Angkor Wat to Agent Orange, Southeast Asia An Environmental History tells the story of some of the most dramatic effects humans have had on the natural and developed environment anywhere in the world and examines the ways in which environmental factors have helped shape the culture, politics, and societies of the region.
· The book includes 17 tables of climate features and socioeconomic variables
· Each chapter comes with a bibliographic essay
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From Phnom Penh to Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, the geographies of the Southeast Asian region have been marked by environmental forces and the actions of individuals, governments, and business interests. Along with the impacts of civilizations, colonialism, and modernization, events both natural and humanmade have reshaped the region in remarkable and sometimes catastrophic ways.
Peter Boomgaard, Ph.D., is senior researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden, the Netherlands, and professor of environmental history of Southeast Asia at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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