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Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook

The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.

AsiaProfiles

Maps and statistics for South East Asia, produced by the Asia Society.

Asia and the Pacific in Figures

A statistical pocketbook containing principal series and key indicators for the Asia Pacific region, published by the Statistics Division of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

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