This open access book approaches the anxieties inherent in food consumption and production in Vietnam. The country’s rapid and recent economic integration into global agro-food systems and consumer markets spurred a new quality of food safety concerns, health issues and distrust in food distribution networks that have become increasingly obscured. This edited volume further puts the eating body centre stage by following how gendered body norms, food taboos, power structures and social differentiation shape people’s ambivalent relations with food. It uncovers Vietnam’s trajectories of agricultural modernisation against which consumers and producers manoeuvre amongst food self-sufficiency, security and abundance.

Food Anxiety in Globalising Vietnam is explicitly about ‘dangerous’ food – regarding its materiality and meaning. It provides social science perspectives on anxieties related to food and surrounding discourses that travel between the local and the global, the individual and society and into the body. Therefore, the book’s lens of food anxiety matters for social theory and for understanding the embeddedness and discontinuities of food globalizations in Vietnam and beyond. Due to its rich empirical base, methodological approaches and thematic foci, it will appeal to scholars, practitioners and students alike.

Historically, few topics have proven to be so controversial in international intellectual property as the protection of geographical indications (GIs). The adoption of TRIPS in 1994 did not resolve disagreements, and countries worldwide continue to quarrel today as to the nature, the scope, and the enforcement of GI protection nationally and internationally. Thus far, however, there is little literature addressing GI protection from the point of view of the Asia-Pacific region, even though countries in this region have actively discussed the topic and in several instances have promoted GIs as a mechanism to foster local development and safeguard local culture. This book, edited by renowned intellectual property scholars, fills the void in the current literature and offers a variety of contributions focusing on the framework and effects of GI protection in the Asia-Pacific region. The book is available as Open Access.

The intent of this textbook is to update and build upon the body of knowledge that exists within the geographic discipline.

Chapter 1: Introduction to World Regional Geography
1.1 Geography as a Science
1.2 Location and Regions on Earth
1.3 Human Population and Culture
1.4 Globalization and Development
1.5 Careers in Geography
1.6 Summary
1.7 Attribution and References

Chapter 2: Europe
2.1 Physical Geography of the Region
2.2 History and Culture of the Region
2.3 Regions of Western Europe
2.4 Regions of Eastern Europe
2.5 Summary
2.6 Attributions and References

Chapter 3: Russia
3.1 Physical Geography of the Region
3.2 History and Culture of the Region
3.3 Regions of Russia
3.4 Summary
3.5 Attributions and References

Chapter 4: North America
4.1 Physical Geography of the Region
4.2 History and Culture of the Region
4.3 Regions of North America
4.4 Canada
4.5 United States of America
4.6 Summary
4.7 Attributions and References

Chapter 5: Middle America
5.1 Physical Geography of the Region
5.2 History and Culture of the Region
5.3 Mexico
5.4 Central America
5.5 The Caribbean
5.6: Summary
5.7 Attributions and References

Chapter 6: South America
6.1 Physical Geography of the Region
6.2 History and Culture of the Region
6.3 Urban North and Andean West
6.4 Brazil
6.5 The Southern Core
6.6 Summary
6.7 Attributions and References

Chapter 7: Subsaharan Africa
7.1 Physical Geography of the Region
7.2 History and Culture of the Region
7.3 West Africa
7.4 Central Africa
7.5 East Africa
7.6 Southern Africa
7.7 Attributions and References

Chapter 8: North Africa and Southwest Asia
8.1 Physical Geography of the Region
8.2 History and Culture of the Region
8.3 North Africa and the African Transition Zone
8.4 Israel and Its Neighbors
8.5 Arabian Peninsula
8.6 Iraq, Turkey, and Iran
8.7 Central Asia
8.8 Attributions and References

Chapter 9: South Asia
9.1 Peripheral States of South Asia
9.2 Pakistan and Bangladesh
9.3 India
9.4 Chapter Summary
9.5 Attributions and References

Chapter 10: East Asia
10.1 Physical Geography of the Region
10.2 History and Culture of the Region
10.3 China
10.4 China’s Periphery
10.5 Japan
10.6 North and South Korea
10.7 Attributions and References

Chapter 11: Southeast Asia
11.1 Physical Geography of the Region
11.2 History and Culture of the Region
11.3 Mainland Countries
11.4 The Insular Region
11.5 Chapter Summary
11.6 Attributions and References

In essay format, this textbook considers examples of various sub-categories of Geography in combination with five regions of the Western World.

Table of contents:

1. What is the Western World?
2. What is Regional Geography?
3. Cultural Geography
4. Economic Geography
5. Historical Geography
6. Physical Geography
7. Political Geography
8. Population Geography
9. Urban Geography
10. Medical Geography
11. Pacific Realm
12. Pacific Realm: Regional Example
13. Pacific Realm: Cultural Geography I
14. Pacific Realm: Economic Geography I
15. Pacific Realm: Historical Geography I
16. Pacific Realm: Physical Geography I
17. Pacific Realm: Political Geography I
18. Pacific Realm: Population Geography I
19. Pacific Realm: Urban Geography I
20. Pacific Realm: Cultural Geography II
21. Pacific Realm: Economic Geography II
22. Pacific Realm: Historical Geography II
23. Pacific Realm: Physical Geography II
24. Pacific Realm: Political Geography II
25. Pacific Realm: Population Geography II
26. Pacific Realm: Urban Geography II
27. Pacific Realm: Overview
28. North America
29. North America: Regional Example
30. North America: Cultural Geography I
31. North America: Economic Geography I
32. North America: Historical Geography I
33. North America: Physical Geography I
34. North America: Political Geography I
35. North America: Population Geography I
36. North America: Urban Geography I
37. North America: Medical Geography I
38. North America: Cultural Geography II
39. North America Economic Geography II
40. North America: Historical Geography II
41. North America: Physical Geography II
42. North America: Political Geography II
43. North America: Population Geography II
44. North America: Urban Geography II
45. North America: Overview
46. Europe
47. Europe: Regional Example
48. Europe: Cultural Geography I
49. Europe: Economic Geography I
50. Europe: Historical Geography I
51. Europe: Physical Geography I
52. Europe: Political Geography I
53. Europe: Population Geography I
54. Europe: Urban Geography I
55. Europe: Cultural Geography II
56. Europe: Economic Geography II
57. Europe: Historical Geography II
58. Europe: Physical Geography II
59. Europe: Political Geography II
60. Europe: Population Geography II
61. Europe: Urban Geography II
62. Europe: Overview
63. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR)
64. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Regional Example
65. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Cultural Geography I
66. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Economic Geography I
67. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Historical Geography I
68. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Physical Geography I
69. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Political Geography I
70. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Population Geography I
71. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Urban Geography I
72. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Cultural Geography II
73. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Economic Geography II
74. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Historical Geography II
75. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Physical Geography II
76. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Political Geography II
77. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Population Geography II
78. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Urban Geography II
79. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Overview
80. Russian Domain
81. Russian Domain: Regional Example
82. Russian Domain: Cultural Geography I
83. Russian Domain: Economic Geography I
84. Russian Domain: Historical Geography I
85. Russian Domain: Physical Geography I
86. Russian Domain: Political Geography I
87. Russian Domain: Population Geography I
88. Russian Domain: Urban Geography I
89. Russian Domain: Cultural Geography II
90. Russian Domain: Economic Geography II
91. Russian Domain: Historical Geography II
92. Russian Domain: Physical Geography II
93. Russian Domain: Political Geography II
94. Russian Domain: Population Geography II
95. Russian Domain: Urban Geography II
96. Russian Domain: Overview
97. Russian Domain: Physical Geography III
98. North America: Cultural Geography III
99. Europe: Population Geography III
100. Latin America and the Caribbean (LACAR): Political Geography III

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Europe
3. Russia
4. North America
5. Middle and South America
6. Sub-Saharan Africa
7. North Africa and Southwest Asia
8. South Asia
9. East and Southeast Asia
10. Oceania

Chapter 1: Digital Geography
1.1: What is a toponym?
1.2 Distance and Scale
1.3: March of Time
1.4 References

Chapter 2: Europe
2.1 Medieval European Invasions
2.2 The Crusades
2.3 Early European Exploration
2.4 European Industrial Revolution
2.5 Europe Post World War I
2.6 International Cooperation
2.7 References

Chapter 3: Russia
3.1 Russian Expansion to the Sea
3.2 Hot Spots in a Cold War
3.3 Cold War 2.0

Chapter 4 North America
4.1: Original Thirteen Colonies
4.2: Native American Lands
4.3: A Nation Divided
4.4: The Underground Railroad
4.5: From Compromise to Conflict
4.6: What is Gerrymandering?
4.7: Your Huddled Masses

Chapter 5: Middle America
5.1 An Eye on Central America
5.2: North American Landforms
5.3: North American Trade

Chapter 6: South America
6.1 El Nino and La Nina
6.2 Tropical Deforestation
6.3 Latin American Independence

Chapter 7: Subsaharan Africa
7.1 The Human Journey
7.2 Africa's Political Borders
7.3 Africa's Independence from Colonial Powers
7.4 Slowing Malaria
7.5 Standards of Living
7.6 Natural Resource Consumption and Wealth
Case Study: Sudan and South Sudan

Chapter 8: Southwest Asia
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Chapter 9: South Asia
9.1 Monsoonal Patterns

Chapter 10: East Asia
10.1: Geography of Pandemics and COVID-19

The discipline of geography bridges the social sciences with the physical sciences and can provide a
framework for understanding our world. By studying geography, we can begin to understand the
relationships and common factors that tie our human community together. The world is undergoing
globalization on a massive scale as a result of the rapid transfer of information and technology and
the growth of modes of transportation and communication. The more we understand our world, the
better prepared we will be to address the issues that confront our future. There are many approaches
to studying world geography. This textbook takes a regional approach and focuses on themes that
illustrate the globalization process, which in turn assists us in better understanding our global
community and its current affairs.