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The Pacific Basin

An Introduction

The Pacific Basin

An Introduction

Edited ByShane J. Barter, Michael Weiner
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2017
eBook Published 12 May 2017
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781315537276
Pages 238 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315537276
SubjectsArea Studies, Geography, Humanities, Politics & International Relations
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Barter, S. (Ed.), Weiner, M. (Ed.). (2017). The Pacific Basin. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315537276

The Pacific Basin: An Introduction is a new textbook which provides an interdisciplinary and comparative overview of the emerging Pacific world. Interest in the Pacific Basin has increased markedly in recent years, driven largely by the rise of China as a global rival to the United States and Asian development more generally. Growth in eastern Asia, as well as in the western Americas, has led the Pacific Basin to evolve as a dynamic economic zone. To make sense of this transformation, the book:

  • Defines the Pacific Basin, locates it in academic research, and explains its importance.
  • Addressees the historical origins and evolution of the Pacific Basin and its sub-regions.
  • Introduces students to the historical and contemporary relationships, continuities and differences that characterize the region.
  • Incorporates analyses of colonialism and imperialism, migration and settlement, economic development and trade, international relations, war and memory, environmental policy, urbanization, mental and public health, gender, film, and literature.
  • Connects the diverse peoples of this vast area, explores their common challenges and the diverse responses to these challenges, and provides a window into the lived humanity of the Pacific Basin.

The Pacific Basin: An Introduction is a key textbook for undergraduate courses on the Pacific Basin, the Pacific Rim, International Studies, Geography, World History, and Globalization.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|10 pages
An introduction to the Pacific Basin
WithShane J. Barter, Michael Weiner
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part I|58 pages
Areas of the Pacific Basin
chapter 2|11 pages
Oceania
An overview
WithEdward D. Lowe
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chapter 3|11 pages
Southeast Asia
Unity in diversity
WithShane J. Barter
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chapter 4|11 pages
East Asia
Convergence and divergence
WithMichael Weiner
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chapter 5|10 pages
The North American sphere of influence
From sea to shining sea
WithJohn M. Heffron
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chapter 6|13 pages
Latin America
A living and changing artifact
WithSarah England, Ian Read
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part II|144 pages
Themes across the Pacific Basin
chapter 7|10 pages
The age of colonialism(s)
WithShane J. Barter
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chapter 8|10 pages
The Pacific War
Remembering and forgetting
WithMichael Weiner
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chapter 9|10 pages
Migration, immigration, and settlement within the Pacific Basin
WithSarah England, Michael Weiner
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chapter 10|10 pages
Global cities, megacities, ordinary cities
Urbanization across the Pacific Basin
WithDeike Peters
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chapter 11|10 pages
Economic development in the Pacific Basin since World War II
WithHong-yi Chen
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chapter 12|9 pages
Understanding TPP's significance for the Pacific Basin
WithEdward M. Feasel
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chapter 13|11 pages
Boundary disputes in the Pacific Basin
WithLisa MacLeod
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chapter 14|9 pages
Armed conflict across the Pacific
Patterns and possibilities
WithShane J. Barter
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chapter 15|8 pages
Environmental protection in the Pacific Basin
WithGeorge J. Busenberg
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chapter 16|10 pages
State building, disease, and public health
WithIan Read, Michael Weiner
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chapter 17|9 pages
Rapid societal change and mental health vulnerabilities in the Pacific Basin
WithEdward D. Lowe
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chapter 18|9 pages
Trans-identity
Theory, politics, and identity across the Pacific Basin
WithRyan Ashley Caldwell, Kristi M. Wilson
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chapter 19|9 pages
Gender violence
Honor, shame, and the violation of bodies in Guatemala and India
WithSarah England
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chapter 20|9 pages
The literature of exile
WithJ. P. Kehlen
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chapter 21|9 pages
Documentary film and trauma in the Pacific Basin
WithTomas Crowder-Taraborrelli
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