Pacific Asia

<strong>Pacific Asia</strong> from Burma to Papua New Guinea to Japan is a new name for aregion which no longer looks to the West for geographical definition. I... » 

Pacific Asia from Burma to Papua New Guinea to Japan is a new name for aregion which no longer looks to the West for geographical definition. It is themost dynamic and productive region in the developing world the result of aneconomic explosion fueled by the industrial activity of the four littletigers of Hong Kong Singapore South Korea and Taiwan. Pacific Asia is wherethe Green Revolution began where there are more women in factory work thananywhere else and where socialism predominates more than in any other regionof the Third World.In this invaluable introduction the author who has lived and worked indeveloping countries for twenty years reviews the historical development ofPacific Asia and considers its present position in a global perspective.DrakakisSmith provides a comprehensive review of the principal issuesresources urbanization ethnicity population gender rural development andindustrialization facing the developing countries in this region and placesthem in the local context in which they must be examined before successfulpolicy responses can be made. «