What Is in a Rim?: Critical Perspectives on the Pacific Region Idea

by Arif Dirlik

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847684695
• ISBN13: 9780847684694
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"