Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Transformations and Continuities
Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
ISBN: 978-0-415-59047-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
As Ralph Smith’s last major research project, carried out from 1997 to 2000, the book has evolved from his 1997 paper ‘Visions of the Future: East Asia in 1943 and 1993’, delivered in the Huang Hsing Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the Asian Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. It is a vital contribution to post-war Asian history.
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- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
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EDITOR’S NOTE PREFACE LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS USED IN TEXT INTRODUCTION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS PROLOGUE: THE SEATTLE ‘SUMMIT’, NOVEMBER 1993 PART I: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1943 1. THE TOKYO CONFERENCE AND THE ‘GREATER EAST ASIA PERSPECTIVE, 1943 2. US, BRITISH AND COMMUNIST PERSPECTIVES ON EAST ASIA, 1943: TOWARDS A POST–WAR GLOBAL ECONOMY PART II: THE ‘COLD WAR’ IN EAST ASIA: 1953 AND 1963 3. A WORLD DIVIDED INTO TWO CAMPS’: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1953 4. THE CHALLENGE TO ‘AMERICAN IMPERIALISM’: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1963 PART III: ASIAN–PACIFIC DIMENSIONS OF TRIANGULAR DIPLOMACY AND GLOBAL FINANCE: 1973 5. NIXON’S NEW STRATEGY: THE US, CHINA AND THE FUTURE OF SOUTH–EAST ASIA, NOVEMBER 1973 6. DIRECTIONS OF GROWTH: THE US, JAPAN, AND ASIAN CAPITALISM: MAY-DECEMBER 1973 PART IV: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE ‘ASIAN MIRACLE’: 1983-4 AND 1993 7. A ‘NEW COLD WAR’, AUTUMN 1983 8. THE REAFFIRMATION OF AMERICAN CENTRALITY (AUTUMN 1983) AND ‘THE REAL 1984’ 9. CAPITALISM MOVES AHEAD - REVOLUTIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, 1993 EPILOGUE: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX