TY - BOOK AU - Benhart, John S. AU - Juvenile literature. TI - Modern world cultures: South Asia SN - 0791081478 (hardcover) AV - CB 69.2 .M72so 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Chelsea House KW - South Asia looks ahead KW - Juvenile literature N1 - Introducing South Asia -- Natural landscapes -- Culture history -- Population and settlement -- Culture and society -- Political history -- Economy -- Regional contrasts - N2 - Discusses the region of South Asia: its people,languages,faiths,foods,ways of life,and social practices,topography,climate,landforms,natural resources and its relations with its neighboring countries.There are more people in this region who are in the state of poverty yet it has also millions of people who areb enteriung middle class and becoming part of the global economy ER -