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The West Pacific Rim

Author : Rupert Hodder
Publisher : *Belhaven Press
ISBN 13 : 9780471946472
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book The West Pacific Rim written by Rupert Hodder and published by *Belhaven Press. This book was released on 1993-12-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-of-a-kind guide provides a readable and stimulating introduction to the economic and social geography of the West Pacific Rim (WPR), considered by many as the center of gravity of the world economy. It embraces Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Concise, well-written and up-to-date, it offers a view of the entire region as well as individual countries. Three sets of questions are addressed: how successful have the various economies been and what explains their success; what are the geopolitical and geostrategic implications in relation to the Americas, Australia and the Pacific Basin; and what lessons can be drawn for development elsewhere, especially in the Third World.

The Pacific Rim And The Western World

Author : Philip West
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000304213
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Pacific Rim And The Western World written by Philip West and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the economic, strategic, and cultural elements that shape the attraction--and the friction--between the Pacific and Atlantic communities, this book integrates European perspectives into a discussion that has traditionally been dominated by Asian and U.S. voices. The authors take as their theme the uncertainty created by the Pacific Rim’s new role in shifting the international balances of political and economic power. Economic uncertainty has been fueled by Asia’s trade surpluses with Western Europe and the United States, with the West viewing its system of free world trade as working to the greater advantage of the Asia Pacific. Strategic uncertainty pivots on the U.S.-USSR superpower rivalry and on the growing influence of Japan and the PRC on the strategic balance in the Pacific Basin. A more subtle and powerful constraint surfaces in the realm of culture--in differing perceptions among the people of the Asia Pacific and the West concerning liberal values and the liberal underpinnings of the present system of world trade.

Soft Power Politics - Football and Baseball on the Western Pacific Rim

Author : Rob Hess
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351548328
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Soft Power Politics - Football and Baseball on the Western Pacific Rim written by Rob Hess and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soft Power Politics- Past and Present: Football and Baseball on the Western Pacific Rim illustrates the momentous expanse and moment of sport in the Asia Pacific region and through these essays dealing with two of the most prodigious global team sports confronts various cultural clashes that Samuel Huntington would ensure the end of civilisation. They also demonstrate the power sport has to change the world and to inspire and unite people globally. All who sail under the flag ofSport as ingenuous as it may seem to the host of cynics that abounds, believe that dialogues that emerge from arguments included in this text represent communication of the highest order and have the potential to produce the cohesion that can close some of those cracks that Huntington said would open up along, what he called the fault lines between civilisations.This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas

Author : Stephen A. Wurm
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110819724
Total Pages : 1903 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas written by Stephen A. Wurm and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 1903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An absolutely unique work in linguistics publishing – full of beautiful maps and authoritative accounts of well-known and little-known language encounters. Essential reading (and map-viewing) for students of language contact with a global perspective.” Prof. Dr. Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie The two text volumes cover a large geographical area, including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, South -East Asia (Insular and Continental), Oceania, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Caucasus Area, Siberia, Arctic Areas, Canada, Northwest Coast and Alaska, United States Area, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The Atlas is a detailed, far-reaching handbook of fundamental importance, dealing with a large number of diverse fields of knowledge, with the reported facts based on sound scholarly research and scientific findings, but presented in a form intelligible to non-specialists and educated lay persons in general.

The Pacific Rim and the Western World

Author : Philip West
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367310127
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Pacific Rim and the Western World written by Philip West and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the economic, strategic, and cultural elements that shape the attraction--and the friction--between the Pacific and Atlantic communities, this book integrates European perspectives into a discussion that has traditionally been dominated by Asian and U.S. voices. The authors take as their theme the uncertainty created by the Pacific Rim's new role in shifting the international balances of political and economic power. Economic uncertainty has been fueled by Asia's trade surpluses with Western Europe and the United States, with the West viewing its system of free world trade as working to the greater advantage of the Asia Pacific. Strategic uncertainty pivots on the U.S.-USSR superpower rivalry and on the growing influence of Japan and the PRC on the strategic balance in the Pacific Basin. A more subtle and powerful constraint surfaces in the realm of culture--in differing perceptions among the people of the Asia Pacific and the West concerning liberal values and the liberal underpinnings of the present system of world trade.

Coming Full Circle

Author : Eric Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429719191
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Coming Full Circle written by Eric Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the long-term, historical development of the major economies around the Pacific Rim in language aimed at the general reader, Coming Full Circle throws light on the most important relationships in the region today as well as on the prospects for future economic development and political cooperation. The authors begin with a critique of the popular notion of an integrated "Pacific region," paying particular attention to the influence of geography and environment on population distribution and patterns of regional economic activity. Their study covers the diverse indigenous development of pre-European times, later periods of direct European influence, and the evolution of modern-day urban societies in the region. Finally, they track the rise of the United States and Japan as the dominant regional economic powers and forecast changes we can expect to see in the years ahead, noting in particular the increasing importance of China.

Images of the Pacific Rim

Author : Erika Esau
Publisher : Power Publications, Sydney
ISBN 13 : 9780909952396
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Images of the Pacific Rim written by Erika Esau and published by Power Publications, Sydney. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia and California have shared aesthetic ideas through imported popular imagery for nearly 200 years. From gold rush photography to Spanish-style houses, this is the fascinating story of aesthetic exchange between two cultures. The absorption of images into the everyday life of these 'new' Western societies, made possible by the development of mechanical processes of production, constructed distinctive cultural iconographies. The Pacific Rim aesthetic is revealed through photography, graphic art, architecture and the ubiquitous eucalyptous.

Pacific Rim Aftermath

Author : Cavan Scott
Publisher : Legendary Comics
ISBN 13 : 9781681160450
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Rim Aftermath written by Cavan Scott and published by Legendary Comics. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pacific Rim: Aftermath is the official prequel series to the major motion picture, Pacific Rim Uprising. This hardcover edition collects all 6-issues plus bonus story and new material for the first time. PACIFIC RIM AFTERMATH THE OFFICIAL COMIC PREQUEL TO THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Legendary Comics invites you to return to the epic universe of Jaegers and Kaiju with PACIFIC RIM AFTERMATH, the official comic book prequel to PACIFIC RIM UPRISING starring John Boyega. Santa Monica, 2034. In a city that was once the jewel of the West Coast, a new world has emerged: one rising up from the ashes of giant robots and giant monsters. In this futuristic aftermath, we will meet a new generation of survivors, including Griffin, a Jaeger pilot who has gone from defending the world to piloting an illegal Jaeger enforcer for the Mech Czar, a techno-criminal overlord who rules the underworld with a steel fist. Set against this gritty backdrop of street gangs, Kaiju worshippers and Jaeger scrapyards, fan favorite Hannibal Chau shockingly returns with a dangerous new agenda. Meanwhile, Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, arrives in the aftermath searching for answers behind the death of his legendary father. This all-new collected edition includes the 6-part series, the complete “I Am Pentecost” story, and unmissable bonus material for true Pacific Rim fans.

The Pacific Rim

Author : Hyung Woong Pak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780590349277
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book The Pacific Rim written by Hyung Woong Pak and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

People of the Pacific Rim

Author : Ian Morrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780131214262
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book People of the Pacific Rim written by Ian Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The different cultures of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, Oceania, and the West Coast of the Americas are all linked by the great Pacific Ocean. Find out about some of the countries on the Pacific Rim and the people who live and work there,. Then read some traditional tales and try an island recipe!"--cover p. [4].

Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim

Author : Timothy Gray
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587296667
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim written by Timothy Gray and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim, Timothy Gray draws upon previously unpublished journals and letters as well as his own close readings of Gary Snyder's well-crafted poetry and prose to track the early career of a maverick intellectual whose writings powered the San Francisco Renaissance of the 1950s and 1960s. Exploring various aspects of cultural geography, Gray asserts that this west coast literary community seized upon the idea of a Pacific Rim regional structure in part to recognize their Orientalist desires and in part to consolidate their opposition to America's cold war ideology, which tended to divide East from West. The geographical consciousness of Snyder's writing was particularly influential, Gray argues, because it gave San Francisco's Beat and hippie cultures a set of physical coordinates by which they could chart their utopian visions of peace and love.Gray's introduction tracks the increased use of “Pacific Rim discourse” by politicians and business leaders following World War II. Ensuing chapters analyze Snyder's countercultural invocation of this regional idea, concentrating on the poet's migratory or “creaturely” sensibility, his gift for literary translation, his physical embodiment of trans-Pacific ideals, his role as tribal spokesperson for Haight-Ashbury hippies, and his burgeoning interest in environmental issues. Throughout, Gray's citations of such writers as Allen Ginsberg, Philip Whalen, and Joanne Kyger shed light on Snyder's communal role, providing an amazingly intimate portrait of the west coast counterculture. An interdisciplinary project that utilizes models of ecology, sociology, and comparative religion to supplement traditional methods of literary biography, Gary Snyder and the Pacific Rim offers a unique perspective on Snyder's life and work. This book will fascinate literary and Asian studies scholars as well as the general reader interested in the Beat movement and multicultural influences on poetry.

National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of Canada

Author : National Geographic
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426217560
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of Canada written by National Geographic and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated, region-by-region guide to the national parks of Canada, offering sample itineraries and site-by-site tours, and providing historical information, location and activity descriptions, tips for travelers, maps, and lodging information with addresses, phone numbers, and price ranges.

Kayaking The Broken Group Islands, The Essential Guidebook

Author : Jean-Francois Marleau
Publisher : Pacific Rim Informative Adventures
ISBN 13 : 9780973987706
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Kayaking The Broken Group Islands, The Essential Guidebook written by Jean-Francois Marleau and published by Pacific Rim Informative Adventures. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim

Author : Sally M. Miller
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415148191
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim written by Sally M. Miller and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade across the Pacific will become one of the dominant forces in the economy of the next century. This book covers its history over four centuries and subjects as diverse as trade with Hong Kong and British overseas banking.

Thunder in the Morning Calm

Author : Don Brown
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310410436
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Thunder in the Morning Calm written by Don Brown and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Commander “Gunner” McCormick is assigned as an intelligence officer to Carrier Strike Force 10, being deployed to the Yellow Sea at the invitation of South Korea for joint exercises with the US Navy. During his pre-deployment briefing, he discovers a TOP-SECRET MEMO revealing rumors that the North Koreans may still be holding a handful of elderly Americans from the Korean War in secret prison camps. As it happens, Gunner’s grandfather, who was a young marine officer in the Korean War, disappeared at Chosin Reservoir over 60 years ago and is still listed as MIA in North Korea. Sworn to silence about what he has read, the top-secret memo eats at him. Gunner decides to spend all his inheritance and break every military regulation in the book to finance his own three-man commando squad on a suicide mission north of the DMZ to search for clues about the fate of his grandfather. Risking his career, his fortune, and his life, Gunner will get his answers, or he will die trying. Don Brown is building a loyal fan base by writing what he knows best: thrillers with heart. A former Navy JAG officer and action officer in the Pentagon, Brown pens action-packed plots and finely-drawn characters that are credible and compelling. Thunder in the Morning Calm is a novel of bravery, duty, and family love that will keep readers of all ages reading straight through to the last page.

As Borders Bend

Author : Xiangming Chen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742500945
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book As Borders Bend written by Xiangming Chen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As do other mighty forces such as wars, nationalist aspirations, and the shifting courses of great rivers, globalization changes the world's borders by bending them out of shape and creating new transnational spaces. State political boundaries no longer draw the definitive line in people's lives they once did. Borders continue to contain self-described national populations and national activities, but the penetration of economic globalization via growing cross-border trade, investment, and resurgence of myriad regional ethnic groups is pushing and stretching the limits of borders into both interactive spaces and contested terrains. Indeed, new power centers with their own identities are springing out of once politically trivial and economically marginal landscapes. While the terrorist attacks of 2001 and the SARS outbreak of 2003 prompted states to tighten border controls, their efforts amount to only a temporary reversal of a powerful long-term trend toward more open borders and the interactive transnational spaces that openness fosters. This innovative book examines the complexities of de-bordering and re-bordering through a structured comparison of seven transborder subregions along the western Pacific Rim and an extended comparative analysis of the U.S.-Mexico border and several European border regions. Xiangming Chen offers a synthetic explanation for the complex and diverse processes and outcomes of economic growth, social transformation, infrastructure development, and urban landscapes in the new transnational spaces around the porous and mutated borders on the Pacific Rim and beyond.

Post-Beijing 2008: Geopolitics, Sport and the Pacific Rim

Author : J. A. Mangan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317966082
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Post-Beijing 2008: Geopolitics, Sport and the Pacific Rim written by J. A. Mangan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, as few in the world are unaware, China was host to the world via the Beijing Olympics. The world watched the metamorphosis of Beijing from insecure capital to confident metropolis but, aware of it or not, the world was also watching the symbolic assertion, via the Games, of a rising superpower. The Pacific Rim will be the stage on which China initially displays its new hegemonic intentions, aspirations and ambitions. Thus in Post-Beijing 2008, the political, economic and cultural impact of Beijing 2008 on the geopolitical future of the Pacific Rim will be discussed. This perspective, analysed by some of the most distinguished academic commentators from some of the world's leading universities who are closely associated with the Pacific Rim (East and West), is original in focus and the analysis is pregnant with political possibilities. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.