Asia ; Capitalism ; Cultural studies ; Ideology ; India ; Perception ; Tradition
The A. charts the changing characterization of India, from being virtually synonymous with Asia for centuries to being virtually excluded from the reigning conceptions of Asia. He examines how spatial imaginaries were subverted by the incorporation
of Asia within the capitalist world system. As several major centers of capital accumulation emerged in Asia, and capitalism ceased to be a Euro-American narrative, a new conception of Asia emerged in the 1980s.
Agrarian change and new areas for geographical study in Southeast Asia| a case of the Philippines in Recent trends and perspectives in regional geography of South Asia.
Asia ; Cultural studies ; Religion ; Southern Asia ; Value system
Review of the importance of South Asia in the development of religions and an introduction to the volume, which focuses on sacred places in south Asia and in other parts of the world to which South Asians have carried their religious beliefs. - (SLD)
The paper deals with land tenure institutions in the wake of socio-economic development by analysing the man-land relations in Asia, during different periods of history. India and Korea are taken as empirical examples. - (l'A.).
After a brief summary of the economy of the countries in Southeast Asia emphasizing their demographic situations, economic geographical descriptions are given of Burma and Malaysia. (DLO).