| What Is in a Rim?: Critical Perspectives on the Pacific Region Idea Contributor(s): Dirlik, Arif (Author), Alcalay, Glenn (Contribution by), Chen, Xiangming (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0847684695 ISBN-13: 9780847684694 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $83.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: This pathbreaking, multidisciplinary work challenges our unthinking acceptance of such terms as Asia Pacific and Pacific Rim. Revealing the hidden power relationships and hegemonic struggles that are disguised by ideological constructions of the region, the contributors uncover fundamental contradictions that underlie the much-celebrated economic boom. The book shifts our focus from abstract relationships between capital and commodities to the human interactions that the contributors agree constitute the region, rather than any physical boundaries. This revised and updated edition brings in additional essays focusing on conceptualizations of the Pacific, considers more fully interactions among countries, and strongly emphasizes peoples inhabiting the region, who are so often overlooked in most discussions of the Rim. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 330.99 |
| LCCN: 97-28861 |
| Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian and Pacific Pe |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 390 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Rim |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This pathbreaking, multidisciplinary work challenges our unthinking acceptance of such terms as 'Asia Pacific' and 'Pacific Rim.' Clarifying the hidden power relationships and hegemonic struggles that are disguised by ideological constructions of the region, the contributors uncover fundamental contradictions_including the human costs and consequences_that underlie the much-celebrated economic boom. In evaluating the idea of 'Asia Pacific, ' the book shifts our focus from abstract relationships between capital and commodities to the human interactions that have played a formative part in the region's constitution. The contributors agree that it is these interactions that constitute the region, rather than the physical boundaries of the Pacific. This revised and updated edition brings in additional essays focusing on conceptualizations of the Pacific, considers more fully interactions among countries, and strongly emphasizes peoples within the Pacific, who are routinely ignored in most discussions of the 'Rim. |