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The Digital Library of South Asia, at the University of Chicago, has just mounted a digital version of Schwartzberg's invaluable historical atlas [Schwartzberg, Joseph E. A Historical Atlas of South Asia. 2nd impression, with additional material. New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. S
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/

"A little piece of Denmark in India" : the space and places of a South Indian town, and the narratives of its peoples / Kristian Bøe Grønseth. - Oslo : Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, 2007. - 97 p. (Master's thesis) The South Indian town of Tranquebar was a Danish colony betw
http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/sai/2007/61608/Completexxversionx6.1xxmedxinnholdsfor...

The Aditya V Birla India Centre is based at the London Business School and conducts “management research pertaining to India and globalisation of India n Business and the resultant opportunities.” It aims to have a strong presence on the Internet, to employ a wide cross-section of researchers, to pr
http://www.london.edu/birlaindiacentre.html

The Centre for Overseas History at Universidade Nova de Lisboa & Universidade dos Acores, Portugal promotes diverse activities integrated within the scope of the study of the History of the Discoveries and the Portuguese Expansion. Site contents: * Activities; * Research Fields [2007-2010] (# Polit
http://cham.fcsh.unl.pt/pages/eng/home_eng.htm

Self description: Scholarly Information Services/The Library at ANU holds a number of unique and in some cases rare and fragile collections in both print and microfilm relating to the Chinese Cultural Revolution period (1966 to 1976). A project was established in conjunction with the Pacific Rim
http://anulib.anu.edu.au/subjects/ap/digilib/chi/cr/china.html

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS )，an institution directly under the State Council and the highest academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences, is a national center for comprehensive studies in the People’s Republic of China. CASS was established in May 197
http://www.cass.net.cn

This Internet library consists of Vincent K. Pollard's sample of 120 websites and single web pages which share and discuss the experience and influence of immigrant and post-immigrant Chinese diaspora and transnational communities. Eleven languages are used in these websites: English, Chinese, Bah
http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Epollard/chculture.html

Taken from the CIA World Factbook, this page provides a social, political, demographic and economic overview of Laos. The guide is divided into several key sections: introduction; geography; people; government; economy; communications; transportation; military; and transnational Issues. The informat
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html

Site-contents: 1. Introduction to Classical Chinese Historiography; 2. Relevant Electronic Resources for Chinese Studies; 3. Dictionaries; 4. Selected List Of Bibliographical & Geographical Aids; 5. Biographical Aids; 6. Some Aids For Translating Chinese Official Titles & Institutions; 7. Reference
http://www.princeton.edu/~classbib/

The 60th anniversary Reith Lectures on BBC focuses on China and are given by the historian Professor Jonathan Spence. Each of the lectures will be available after broadcast to listen again or download. Lecture 1: Confucian Ways
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2008/