Table of Contents

1. Introduction  2. General Reference  3. Historical  4. Population  5. Environment  6. Economic  7. Cultural  8. Political  9. Countries and Provinces  10. Eurasian Scenarios  11. Related Information Sources

About the Author

Stanley D. Brunn is Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky, USA. He has published widely on world cities, US cities, political, social, and economic geography, the geographies of communication and cyberspace, peace, images and identities, Wal-Mart and the geographies of 9-11. Stanley Toops is an Associate Professor of Geography and International Studies at Miami University, USA. His research in geography and international studies has focused on the Central Asian portion of China, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Richard Gilbreath is Director of the Gyula Pauer Center for Cartography and GIS at the University of Kentucky, USA.