Asia in the Pacific Islands
Subtitle: replacing the West
By: Ron Crocombe.
Contributors: University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies.
Publisher: IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Suva, Fiji
Language: eng
Number of pages: 623
ISBN-13: 9789820203884
Subjects: Asia -- Relations -- Islands of the Pacific.; Islands of the Pacific -- Relations -- Asia.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.