Eric Jones

Coming Full Circle

An Economic History Of The Pacific Rim

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing the long-term, historical development of the major economies around the Pacific Rim in language aimed at the general reader, this book throws light on the most important relationships in the region today as well as on the prospects for future economic development and political cooperation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9780367154059
• ISBN-10: 0367154056
• Artikelnr.: 60002273

Autorenporträt

Eric Jones is professor of economics (economic history) at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and professorial associate of the Graduate School of Management, University of Melbourne. He is author of The European Miracle: Environment, Economies, and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia. Lionel Frost is lecturer in economic history at La Trobe University and author of The New Urban Frontier: Urbanisation and City-Building in Australia and the American West. Colin White is senior lecturer in economic history at La Trobe University and author of Russia and America: The Roots of Economic Divergence.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Geography and Meaning
The First Settlements Around the Pacific
Early East Asia
The European Intrusion: A Spanish Lake
The European Instrusion: Pax Britannica
The American Century
Modern Japan and the "Little Dragons"
Modern China
The Cities
The Pacific Economy: Summing Up
Prospects
Further Reading