"Articles dealing with daily, and in some cases non-daily, newspapers from the late 1960s through the late 1970s in 23 Asian countries, ranging from Afghanistan in the area Lent calls West Asia, to Japan in East Asia. Not included are the Asian portion of the Soviet Union, countries of the Middle East, and the South Pacific territories and countries. Press freedom is described in three additional chapters, broken down by regions. In four parts: Part I is a general description which includes information about production, technology, newsprint, personnel, consumption capabilities, purchasing power, literacy rate, relevant contents, and news agencies. Part Two describes newspapers in East Asia; Part 3, Southeast Asia; and Part 4, South Asia. Contributors, all of whom are affiliated in some way with the Asian press and many of whom are Asians, write from personal backgrounds and were given detailed guidelines concerning content, form and style which they generally followed but often with a different approach or emphasis. Contains many tables throughout. Notes are incorporated in a bibliography. Lent calls attention to some unevenness in documentation." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 925)