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Pacific Asia in the Global System

An Introduction

Peter Preston author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:7th Jun '98

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This introduction will serve as a 'first stop' for those interested in Japan, its role in the Pacific Asian region and, in turn, that region's role in the evolving global system. In this volume, P. W. Preston critically analyses the political economy, social institutions and culture of Pacific Asia. The analysis focuses on Japan , it's relations with the inner periphery of Southeast Asia, and its developing linkages with the reforming socialist countries of China and Indo-China

The critical perspective, awareness of cultural and ethnic trends and a sophisticated grasp of social patterns makes this volume an essential introduction to the region.

"The breadth of political, social, and historical content in this book promises its relevance to many readers." S. Turner, University of Otago


"This broad historical sweep displays the merits of the author's approach to best advantage, and will be of value to students requiring a rapid overview of the origins of contemporary Pacific Asia underpinned by key sources which are subject to careful precis." Richard Wiltshire, Progress in Human Geography

ISBN: 9780631202387

Dimensions: 247mm x 174mm x 22mm

Weight: 510g

292 pages