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A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific: Foreign bodies in tinned tuna (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series) - Softcover

Book 17 of 118: Routledge Contemporary Japan

Barclay, Kate

 
9780415541541: A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific: Foreign bodies in tinned tuna (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415541549 ISBN 13: 9780415541541
Publisher: Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

The Japanese, and other Asians, are increasingly taking over some of the roles previously played by Europeans in the Pacific islands, which is giving rise to interesting new economic relationships, and interesting new interactions between nationalities. This book considers the role of the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, focusing in particular on a joint venture between the Japanese multinational Maruha Corporation and the Solomon Islands government, which managed a tuna fishing and processing enterprise which was a mainstay of the Solomon Islands economy from the 1970s to 2000. It considers a range of important themes including the changing nature of colonialism, the degree to which  people's ethnic sense of self, and therefore their relationship with others, is affected by how modern (or primitive) their nation is perceived to be, and how all this relates to the development of capitalism, nationalism, and modernity.

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Kate Barclay

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415541549
ISBN 13 
9780415541541
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240