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