The Asia-Pacific Profile (Open University Pacific Studies Course)

The Asia-Pacific Profile offers students a unique combination of maps, diagrams, documents and statistical data covering every state around and within the Pacific.
Key features include:
* a broad definition of the 'Asia-Pacific' covering:
North-East and South-East Asia, Australasia, North, Central and South America and the Pacific Island States
* over 25 historical and contemporary maps featuring: flows of labour, trade, investment, tourists and telecommunications empires, wars, colonial struggles and environmental degradation
* succinct yet comprehensive surveys of historical developments and contemporary political issues facing all countries bordering on the Pacific
* over 600 diagrams depicting key demographic, economic and social changes since 1970 with appendices showing the actual data used and their sources
* key documents that have shaped the Asia-Pacific including:
founding charters of contemporary organizations, treaties, declarations and documents relating to social rights movements