East Asia: From Chinese Predominance To The Rise Of The Pacific Rim By Arthur Cotterell

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Arthur Cotterell former Principal of Kingston College in London has spent many years combining senior educational management with historical research He is the respected author of than thirty books and is now writing on the Chinese empire from the history of which he considers one can learn as much about leadership as from Ashridge or Harvard. East asia bank hong kong In recent decades there has been a dramatic transformation around the Pacific Rim Japan has become an economic superpower and Korea and the People s Republic of China are close behind flooding the world market with computers automobiles and electronic components It is even predicted that by the next century East Asia will be the workshop of the world No longer the Far East that exotic mysterious land at the distant fringe of western consciousness East Asia today commands the attention of the world In East Asia Arthur Cotterell condenses into a short highly readable book an immense amount of historical knowledge placing this remarkable economic boom in its proper perspective an Asian one To do this Cotterell ranges from the dawn of Chinese civilization to the rise of the Mongols and the Manchus to Japan s emergence as the first East Asian nation to develop an industrial economy And he brings his history up to the present examining America s setbacks in the Korean and Vietnam War Japan s rise as an economic superpower and the recent histories of Thailand Cambodia Laos reunited Vietnam socialist Burma Malaysia Singapore Indonesia and the Philippines Cotterell not only provides insight into the past of this burgeoning region but he offers a provocative view of the future as well He suggests for instance that Japan the present leader of the Pacific Rim will eventually be overtaken by its neighbors now engaged in a hectic pace of development seen especially in the People s Republic of China which has only just begun to compete as an exporter He concludes that the relations between the Chinese and the Japanese will determine the future of EastAsia By providing an in depth historical perspective on the most dramatic transformations taking place in the world today Cotterell performs an invaluable service for all those who need to have a deeper understanding of our newest trading partners East Asia From Chinese Predominance To The Rise Of The Pacific RimThis book offers an excellent overview of East Asian history It is not a thorough account of every event that happened in the time period but it provides a great framework for further study After going through this book the reader can identify parts of Asian history from the BC era in China to the reconstruction of Asia after World War II for further in depth study It is easy to read although there is a large amount of information packed into a very small amount of pages so while easy it is not a light read by any means Overall it is a great textbook on East Asian history and wonderful for those who are just getting started in that area 0195088417 Weakly written weakly conceived unedited not even spell checked bordering on incoherent at times There s a reason it s out of print I mistakenly assumed Oxford U Press had standards Unfortunately there are very few brief popular histories of East Asia as a whole so I went to the bitter end It does improve a bit once it gets to WWII But if anyone can recommend an alternative please do 0195088417