Asian Pacific; Author: Simone, Vera; Paperback

Author: Simone, Vera
Edition #2; Paperback
482 pages
Published: January 2001
Pearson Higher Education
ISBN: 0801330211

Simone, Vera, The Asian Pacific, 2nd Edition*\ The Asian Pacific, Second Edition, provides a thought-provoking introduction to both the internal and international politics of the fifteenmainland and island countries of East and Southeast Asia, including Japan, North and South Korea, China, and Vietnam. Beginning with an examination of the colonial experience and its impact on the growth of nationalism and the formation of modern political and economic institutions, the book utilizes cross-national comparisons to illuminate the transformation of traditional cultures and their adaptation of Western ideologies. For those interested in the political, economic, and cultural development of Asian Pacific countries.Introduces the internal and international politics of the 15 mainland and island countries of East and Southeast Asia, including Japan, North and South Korea, China, and Vietnam. Simone (political science, California State U.-Fullerton) takes an interdisciplinary approach to the region, providing hi