Research Catalog

Title

Asia in the Pacific Islands : replacing the West / Ron Crocombe.

Author

Crocombe, R. G.

Publication

Suva, Fiji : IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific, 2007.

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Additional Authors

University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies.

Description

623 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"A spectacular transition is under way in the Pacific Islands, as a result of which all our lives will be radically different. In the last fifty years or so, Asia has begun to play a bigger and bigger role in all aspects of Islands life - migration, trade and investment, aid and development, information and media, religion, culture and sport. It is replacing the West. The process is irreversible. With his trademark breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of the region, based on over half a century of experience, study and deliberation, Ron Crocombe documents the early connections between Asia and the Pacific, details recent and continuing changes, and poses challenging theories about the future."--Publisher.

Subject

• Asia > Relations > Islands of the Pacific
• Islands of the Pacific > Relations > Asia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. OVERVIEW: turning full circle: -- 1. The main trends -- II. PEOPLE: mostly out of Asia: -- 2. The first wave: small numbers and long intervals -- 3. The second wave: Asians in Oceania in the colonial era -- 4. The turn of the tide: Japan's colonial empire rises, falls, and facilitates a Pacific revolution -- 5. The third wave: Asians in the islands in the era of independence -- 6. Counter-current: Pacific islanders in Asia: sailors, sportsmen, evangelists and professionals -- III. HARDWARE: out raw, in processed: -- 7. Trade and investment: exchanging raw materials and holidays for manufactures and investment -- 8. Services: now mostly north to south -- 9. Crime and corruption: now more of it, more organized and more Northeast Asian -- IV. POLITICS: why 'look north'?: -- 10. The aid and sovereignty trade: some self-reliance, some dependence, some loss -- 11. Relations with individual Asian nations: very diverse interests -- 12. Indonesia's eastward expansion: West Papua, East Timor & the Pacific Islands region -- 13. Regionalism: first colonial, then Pacific Islands, then Commonwealth, now Asia-Pacific -- 14. Strategic considerations: evolving a new paradigm -- V. SOFTWARE: a slower transition: -- 15. Models in the mind: patterns of thought, belief and value -- 16. Information, education and research: constraints and competitors -- 17. Sport and culture: an expanding network -- VI. PROSPECTS: how far will positive potentials be developed? -- 18. Asia-Pacific relations this century: learning to benefit from intense interaction -- APPENDICES -- 1. Asian nations' interests & diplomatic representation in the Pacific islands -- 2. Pacific islands nations & territories and their official representation & interactions with Asia -- 3. Non-commercial organizations (inter-government & non-government) involving Asia & the Pacific islands -- 5. Journals & videos of the Asia-Pacific region.

ISBN

• 9820203880
• 9789820203884

LCCN

^^2008396365

OCLC

213886360

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library