Parallax Visions - Making Sense of American-East Asian Relations at the End of the Century

"Cumings's views derive from a close study of East Asia over several decades and produce insights that are devastating to American "amour propre." His is not just a new perspective but also the source of truly unknown information. There is no other voice quite like that of Bruce Cumings."--Chalmers Johnson, Japan Policy Research Institute

Info autore

Bruce Cumings is Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He has won numerous awards and is the author of the acclaimed books Korea’s Place in the Sun, War and Television, and The Origins of the Korean War. Cumings writes regularly for The Nation, the Atlantic Monthly, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times Book Review.

Riassunto

Collection of essays by Cumings on the complex problems of political economy and ideology, power and culture in East and Northeast Asia, providing an understanding of the United States's role in these regions and the consequences for subsequent policy mak

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bruce Cumings, CUMINGS, Bruce Cumings
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.05.1999
• EAN: 9780822322764
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2276-4
• Pagine: 277
• Peso: 730 g
• Illustrazioni: David Whitehouse, International Socialist Review
• Serie: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific, Culture, Politic; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society; Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politic
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali