Review essay: Reinscribing the globe - Imaginative geographies of the pacific rim

Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-69

  Palat, Ravi Arvind ^a  

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EID: 5844334877     PISSN: 00074810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14672715.1997.10409706     Document Type: Review

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1. See Eric L. Jones, The European Miracle: Environments, Economies, and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1981).
2. "A political system that encourages market-based behavior by appropriate taxation and the provision of public goods is a common feature of historical instances of economic growth. Weak or corrupt rulers who overtax or underinvest (or both) create serious disincentives for merchants and peasants, which are usually sufficient to smother the prospects of intensive economic growth," (CFC, p. 162, emphasis in the original).
3. See Arif Dirlik, "The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism in the Age of Global Capitalism," Critical Inquiry (Chicago), vol. 20, no. 3 (1994), pp. 328-56.
4. See, for instance, Helen Hughes, ed., Achieving Industrialization in East Asia (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988); and the World Bank, The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).
5. See, for instance, Helen Hughes, ed., Achieving Industrialization in East Asia (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988); and the World Bank, The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).
6. Indeed, one author - Gary Gereffi - figures in both volumes, contributing one chapter to What Is in a Rim? and coauthoring three chapters in Global Production.
7. See also Walden Bello and Stephanie Rosenfeld, Dragons in Distress: Asia's Miracle Economies in Distress (San Francisco, CA: Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1990); Mary C. Brinton, Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993); Annette Fuentes and Barbara Ehrenreich, Women in the Global Factory (Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983); Wendy Chapkis and Cynthia Enloe, eds., Of Common Cloth: Women in the Global Textile Industry (Amsterdam: Transnational Institute, 1983); and Janet W. Salaff, Working Daughters of Hong Kong: Filial Piety or Power in the Family (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995).
8. See also Walden Bello and Stephanie Rosenfeld, Dragons in Distress: Asia's Miracle Economies in Distress (San Francisco, CA: Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1990); Mary C. Brinton, Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993); Annette Fuentes and Barbara Ehrenreich, Women in the Global Factory (Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983); Wendy Chapkis and Cynthia Enloe, eds., Of Common Cloth: Women in the Global Textile Industry (Amsterdam: Transnational Institute, 1983); and Janet W. Salaff, Working Daughters of Hong Kong: Filial Piety or Power in the Family (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995).
9. See also Walden Bello and Stephanie Rosenfeld, Dragons in Distress: Asia's Miracle Economies in Distress (San Francisco, CA: Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1990); Mary C. Brinton, Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993); Annette Fuentes and Barbara Ehrenreich, Women in the Global Factory (Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983); Wendy Chapkis and Cynthia Enloe, eds., Of Common Cloth: Women in the Global Textile Industry (Amsterdam: Transnational Institute, 1983); and Janet W. Salaff, Working Daughters of Hong Kong: Filial Piety or Power in the Family (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995).
10. See also Walden Bello and Stephanie Rosenfeld, Dragons in Distress: Asia's Miracle Economies in Distress (San Francisco, CA: Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1990); Mary C. Brinton, Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993); Annette Fuentes and Barbara Ehrenreich, Women in the Global Factory (Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983); Wendy Chapkis and Cynthia Enloe, eds., Of Common Cloth: Women in the Global Textile Industry (Amsterdam: Transnational Institute, 1983); and Janet W. Salaff, Working Daughters of Hong Kong: Filial Piety or Power in the Family (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995).
11. See also Walden Bello and Stephanie Rosenfeld, Dragons in Distress: Asia's Miracle Economies in Distress (San Francisco, CA: Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1990); Mary C. Brinton, Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993); Annette Fuentes and Barbara Ehrenreich, Women in the Global Factory (Boston, MA: South End Press, 1983); Wendy Chapkis and Cynthia Enloe, eds., Of Common Cloth: Women in the Global Textile Industry (Amsterdam: Transnational Institute, 1983); and Janet W. Salaff, Working Daughters of Hong Kong: Filial Piety or Power in the Family (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995).
12. Francesca Bray, The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies (Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1983); Ravi Arvind Palat, "Historical Transformations in Agrarian Systems Based on Wet-Rice Cultivation: Towards an Alternate Model of Social Change," in Food and Agrarian Orders in the World-System, ed. Philip McMichael (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995), pp. 55-77.
13. Francesca Bray, The Rice Economies: Technology and Development in Asian Societies (Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1983); Ravi Arvind Palat, "Historical Transformations in Agrarian Systems Based on Wet-Rice Cultivation: Towards an Alternate Model of Social Change," in Food and Agrarian Orders in the World-System, ed. Philip McMichael (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995), pp. 55-77.
14. For symbiotic alliance between urban patriciates and state builders in Europe, see Charles Tilly, Coercion, Capital, and European States, AD 990-1990 (Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1990), pp. 58-61.
15. Michael Adas, Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989); and Daniel R. Headrick, The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981).
16. Michael Adas, Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989); and Daniel R. Headrick, The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981).
17. Bruce Cumings, "The Origin and Development of the Northeast Asian Political Economy: Industrial Sectors, Product Cycles, and Political Consequences," in The Political Economy of New Asian Industrialism, ed. Frederic C. Deyo (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987), pp. 44-83; Bernard Eccleston, State and Society in Post-War Japan (Cambridge, England: Polity Press, 1989); Sheldon Garon, The State and Labor in Modern Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1987); Andrew Gordon, The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, 1853-1955 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985).
18. Bruce Cumings, "The Origin and Development of the Northeast Asian Political Economy: Industrial Sectors, Product Cycles, and Political Consequences," in The Political Economy of New Asian Industrialism, ed. Frederic C. Deyo (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987), pp. 44-83; Bernard Eccleston, State and Society in Post-War Japan (Cambridge, England: Polity Press, 1989); Sheldon Garon, The State and Labor in Modern Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1987); Andrew Gordon, The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, 1853-1955 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985).
19. Bruce Cumings, "The Origin and Development of the Northeast Asian Political Economy: Industrial Sectors, Product Cycles, and Political Consequences," in The Political Economy of New Asian Industrialism, ed. Frederic C. Deyo (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987), pp. 44-83; Bernard Eccleston, State and Society in Post-War Japan (Cambridge, England: Polity Press, 1989); Sheldon Garon, The State and Labor in Modern Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1987); Andrew Gordon, The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, 1853-1955 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985).
20. Bruce Cumings, "The Origin and Development of the Northeast Asian Political Economy: Industrial Sectors, Product Cycles, and Political Consequences," in The Political Economy of New Asian Industrialism, ed. Frederic C. Deyo (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987), pp. 44-83; Bernard Eccleston, State and Society in Post-War Japan (Cambridge, England: Polity Press, 1989); Sheldon Garon, The State and Labor in Modern Japan (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1987); Andrew Gordon, The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, 1853-1955 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985).
21. Folker Fröbel, Jurgen Heinrichs, and Otto Kreye, The New International Division of Labor (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980); Richard Peet, ed., International Capitalism and Industrial Restructuring (Boston, MA: Allen and Unwin, 1987); Joyce Kolko, Restructuring the World-Economy (New York: Pantheon, 1988); Kathleen Ward, ed., Women Workers and Global Restructuring (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990); and Peter Dicken, Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity (London: Paul Chapman, 1992).
22. Folker Fröbel, Jurgen Heinrichs, and Otto Kreye, The New International Division of Labor (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980); Richard Peet, ed., International Capitalism and Industrial Restructuring (Boston, MA: Allen and Unwin, 1987); Joyce Kolko, Restructuring the World-Economy (New York: Pantheon, 1988); Kathleen Ward, ed., Women Workers and Global Restructuring (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990); and Peter Dicken, Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity (London: Paul Chapman, 1992).
23. Folker Fröbel, Jurgen Heinrichs, and Otto Kreye, The New International Division of Labor (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980); Richard Peet, ed., International Capitalism and Industrial Restructuring (Boston, MA: Allen and Unwin, 1987); Joyce Kolko, Restructuring the World-Economy (New York: Pantheon, 1988); Kathleen Ward, ed., Women Workers and Global Restructuring (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990); and Peter Dicken, Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity (London: Paul Chapman, 1992).
24. Folker Fröbel, Jurgen Heinrichs, and Otto Kreye, The New International Division of Labor (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980); Richard Peet, ed., International Capitalism and Industrial Restructuring (Boston, MA: Allen and Unwin, 1987); Joyce Kolko, Restructuring the World-Economy (New York: Pantheon, 1988); Kathleen Ward, ed., Women Workers and Global Restructuring (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990); and Peter Dicken, Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity (London: Paul Chapman, 1992).
25. Folker Fröbel, Jurgen Heinrichs, and Otto Kreye, The New International Division of Labor (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980); Richard Peet, ed., International Capitalism and Industrial Restructuring (Boston, MA: Allen and Unwin, 1987); Joyce Kolko, Restructuring the World-Economy (New York: Pantheon, 1988); Kathleen Ward, ed., Women Workers and Global Restructuring (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990); and Peter Dicken, Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity (London: Paul Chapman, 1992).
26. Giovanni Arrighi, Satoshi Ikeda, and Alex Irwan, "The Rise of East Asia: One Miracle or Many?" in Pacific-Asia and the Future of the World-System, ed. Ravi Arvind Palat (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993), pp. 41-65.
27. For a different, and more interesting, exploration of the "Asia-Pacific" idea, see Arif Dirlik, "The Asia-Pacific Idea: Reality and Representation in the Invention of a Regional Structure," Journal of World History (Honolulu, HI), vol. 3, no. 1 (1992), pp. 55-79.
28. For a more detailed examination of this issue, see Ravi Arvind Palat, "Fragmented Visions: Excavating the Future of Area Studies in a Post-American World," Review (Binghamton, NY), vol. 19, no. 3 (summer 1996).
29. Sumi K. Cho, "Korean Americans vs. African Americans: Conflict and Construction," in Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising, ed. R. Gooding-Williams (New York: Routledge, 1993), pp. 196-211.
30. Edward Palmer Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class (New York: Vintage, 1966), p. 194.
31. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Rethinking Working Class History: Bengal, 1890-1940 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989); and Hagen Koo, "From Farm to Factory: Proletarianization in Korea," American Sociological Review (Albany, NY), vol. 55 (1990), pp. 669-81.
32. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Rethinking Working Class History: Bengal, 1890-1940 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989); and Hagen Koo, "From Farm to Factory: Proletarianization in Korea," American Sociological Review (Albany, NY), vol. 55 (1990), pp. 669-81.