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 | | The Rise of East Asia: Critical Visions of the Pacific Century by Mark T. Berger ISBN-10: 9780415161671 ISBN-10: 0-415-16167-3 ISBN-13: 9780415161671 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-16167-1 Hardcover 1997-07-10 Routledge Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description There is great interest in the Pacific Century and its implications for the future. In this exciting study many of the ideas and expectations associated with the Pacific Century are placed under critical scrutiny. The book includes studies of particular countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. There is analysis of economic and political trends in the region, the reasons behind its rise and its importance on a global scale. The Rise of East Asia examines what is sure to be an historic turning point with immense significance world-wide. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned about the new approaches to the debate about the rise of east Asia and the coming of the Pacific Century. | ||
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The only book to question Asia's "rise" before 1997 Mark Berger and Douglas Borer have produced an edited volume which merits significant praise in the scholarly community. The central theme of the text is that most Western "visions" of Asia are highly contestable. Both the editors and the contributing authors believe that mainstream perceptions and discourses regarding future political stablity and economic prosperity (and the concurrent rise to global power) of East Asia are too simplistic and overly optomistic - ignoring the vast diversity, the potential for domestic unrest, and the possiblity for conflict amongst countries within the Asia region. Most notably, it is the only such book to question the so-called "Pacific Century" published before the traumatic economic crisis that infected the region in 1997. Although some chapters are less powerful than others, for the greater part the editors and authors have succeeded where the overwhelming majority of social scientists fail: their attempt at future gazing has proven to be be largely correct - a success last seen by Paul Kennedy's now-classic work "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers" (1987). This is a book definately worth buying. | ||