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Product Identifiers
PublisherSilkworm Books
ISBN-109749575989
ISBN-139789749575987
eBay Product ID (ePID)53558411
Product Key Features
Number of Pages202 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEast Timor : a Country at the Crossroads of Asia and the Pacific, a Geo-Historical Atlas
Publication Year2006
SubjectAsia / Southeast Asia, Maps & Road Atlases (See Also Reference / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps)
TypeTextbook
AuthorFrederic Durand
Subject AreaTravel, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width11.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2007-305229
IllustratedYes
SynopsisThis atlas highlights the specific features and characteristics of the new country of East Timor . Using statistical documentary resources available since the colonial period, its 136 colorful maps show how material constraints and local, regional, and world stakes have shaped Timor's destiny, both past and present. On May 20, 2002, East Timor gained independence under the name of Timor Leste or Timor Lorosa'e: Sunrise Timor. This insular ethno-linguistic mosaic wedged between Southeast Asia and Oceania had been a colony of Portugal for four centuries before it was invaded by Indonesian forces in 1975. Frederic Durand teaches geography at Toulouse II-Le Mirail University, France. He is the author of Catholicism and Protestantism in the Island of Timor and other works on Southeast Asia, the Malay world, and Indonesia.
