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Series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3490-7 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4222-3500-3 ebook ISBN: 978-1-4222-8395-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mondschein, Ken, author. Title: South and Central Asia/by Ken Mondschein; foreword by Michael Green, executive director, Social Progress Imperative. Description: Broomall, PA : Mason Crest, [2017] | Series: Social progress and sustainability | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016007611| ISBN 9781422235003 (hardback) | ISBN 9781422234907 (series) | ISBN 9781422283950 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Social indicators—South Asia—Juvenile literature. | Social indicators—Asia, Central—Juvenile literature. | South Asia—Social conditions—Juvenile literature. | South Asia—Economic conditions—Juvenile literature. | Asia, Central—Social conditions—Juvenile

literature. | Asia, Central—Economic conditions—Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC HN670.3.A85 M66 2017 | DDC 306.0954—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016007611

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