Looking at the Sun (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: James Fallows
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Current affairs
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs
- Subjects: Individuality, Asia or Asians, Japan or Japanese people, Southeast Asia, Industry, Technology, Economic policy, Economic assistance
James Fallows’ Looking at the Sun: The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System is a readable and far-ranging description of the postwar growth of the major East Asian economies. Japan is the major economic force in the spectacular development of the region, but close behind are the other countries or Asian “tigers” that Fallows calls “the Contenders”: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. More briefly, Fallows considers countries that are “on the sidelines” for the time being: Vietnam, Myanmar, and the...
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