The Pacific Rim

By Elaine Pascoe

As current as today's headlines, this book details the rise in power of East Asia & the place this emerging giant is taking in the modern world. Discussion topics include problems with trade expansion, financial uncertainty, political unrest, & relations with different cultures. Countries discussed include Japan, China, Taiwan, the Koreas, mainland Southeast Asia, & others.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761330151
• ISBN13: 9780761330158
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12