Pacific Asia

Pacific Asia

by Drakakis-Smith, David W.

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Pacific Asia - from Burma to Papua New Guinea to Japan - is the most dynamic and productive region in the developing world, the result of an economic explosion fuelled by industrial activity. This is where the Green Revolution began, where more women are employed in factory work than anywhere alse; the region is also the most predominately socialist in the Third World. David W. Smith assesses Pacific Asia both in terms of its historical development and the present global system, placing general…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Pacific Asia.

Summary

Pacific Asia - from Burma to Papua New Guinea to Japan - is the most dynamic and productive region in the developing world, the result of an economic explosion fuelled by industrial activity. This is where the Green Revolution began, where more women are employed in factory work than anywhere alse; the region is also the most predominately socialist in the Third World. David W. Smith assesses Pacific Asia both in terms of its historical development and the present global system, placing general development issues in their local contexts. The book will be an invaluable introduction to the regio.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2002.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
  • Place of Publication:Hoboken
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2002.

Notes

Case study Q: From traditionalism to socialism women and rapid change in Laos.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (237 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0415069858, 9780415069854
  • oclc:ocn994603696
  • LC Classification:HC681 .D73 1991eb
  • Dewey Decimal:338.95

Table of Contents

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the regional character; Pacific Asia in its global setting; Key ideas; An historical geography of Pacific Asia; The pre-colonial period; Case study A: Angkor, Cambodia a pre-colonial empire; Mercantile colonialism; Industrial colonialism; Case study B: Vietnam colonialism and its impact; Late colonialism; The colonial legacy; Key ideas; Physical and human resource management: Malaysia and Papua New Guinea; Non-agricultural resource exploitation: some background considerations.

Case study C: Papua New Guinea Ok Tedi bares its soulMalaysia: some environmental impacts of non-agricultural exploitation resource; Case study D: At loggerheads in Sarawak; Papua New Guinea: the fusion of physical and human resource exploitation and reaction; Human resource potential: exploitation or realization?; Case study E: Hong Kong not so fragrant harbour; Case study F: Water and health; Key ideas; Rural and regional development; Explaining spatial inequality; Case study G: Food dependency; Policies for rural and regional development.

Case study H: Malaysia winners and losers in the green re…

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Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic history Pacific Area -- Economic policy

Writers

Drakakis-Smith, David W. Drakakis-Smith, D. W.

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