Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West"A spectacular transition is under way in the Pacific Islands, as a result of which all our lives will be radically different. In the last fifty years or so, Asia has begun to play a bigger and bigger role in all aspects of Islands life - migration, trade and investment, aid and development, information and media, religion, culture and sport. It is replacing the West. The process is irreversible. With his trademark breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of the region, based on over half a century of experience, study and deliberation, Ron Crocombe documents the early connections between Asia and the Pacific, details recent and continuing changes, and poses challenging theories about the future."--Publisher. |
Contents
The Main Trends | 3 |
2 | 19 |
Japans colonial empire rises falls and facilitates | 41 |
5 | 59 |
59 | 105 |
Exchanging raw materials and holidays | 119 |
Now mostly north to south | 149 |
Northeast Asian | 177 |
First colonial then Pacific Islands then Commonwealth | 313 |
Evolving a new paradigm | 337 |
Patterns of thought belief and value | 363 |
Constraints and competitors | 391 |
An expanding network | 425 |
Learning to benefit from intense | 439 |
APPENDICES | 475 |
Noncommercial organizations intergovernment nongovernment | 493 |
Some selfreliance some dependence | 213 |
Very diverse interests | 243 |
West Papua East Timor | 281 |
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