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Private business and economic reform in China : Susan Young, M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, New York, 1995; 179pp.
No full textEconomics and the Dreamtime: A Hypothetical History. By N. G. Butlin. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Pp. xi, 252.
No full textIslands in Transition: The Past, Present, and Future of Hawaii's Economy. By Thomas Kemper Hitch. Honolulu: First Hawaiian Bank, 1992. Pp. xxii, 353. $29.95.
No full textHawai'i: eight hundred years of political and economic change Markets and governments in economic history./ Sumner La Croix.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Relative to the other habited places on our planet, Hawai'i has a very short history. The Hawaiian archipelago was the last major land area on the planet to be settled, with Polynesians making the long voyage just under a millennium ago. Our understanding of the social, political, and economic changes that have unfolded since has been limited until recently by how little we knew about the first five centuries of settlement. Building on new archaeological and historical research, Sumner La Croix assembles here the economic history of Hawai'i from the first Polynesian settlements in 1200 through US colonization, the formation of statehood, and to the present day.The short history of humans in Hawai'i -- Voyaging and settlement -- The rise of competing Hawaiian states -- Guns, germs, and sandalwood -- Globalization and the emergence of a mature natural state -- Treaties, powerful elites, and the overthrow -- Colonial political economy: Hawai'i as a U.S. territory -- Homes for Hawaiians -- Statehood and the transition to an open-access order -- The rise and fall of residential leasehold tenure in Hawai'i -- Land reform and housing prices -- The long reach of history.1 online resource
Asia Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1820–1940. Edited by Angus Maddison and Gé Prince. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Foris Publications, 1989. Pp. vii, 300. Hfl 40.
No full textFragile Paradise: The Impact of Tourism on Maui, 1959 2000. By Mansel Blackford. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001. Pp. xiii, 277. $35.00.
No full textThe introduction of commercial jet service in 1959 transformed the face of the Hawaiian Islands. By reducing both the time required to travel to Hawai i and the money price of travel, the jet plane brought increasing numbers of tourists to Hawai i, and in the process, triggered an enormous wave of development on the four major islands. Mansel Blackford s new book focuses on how tourism affected the development of Maui, a beautiful tropical island of just 727 square miles. In 1956 Maui had unspoiled, beautiful beaches; sugar cane and pineapple as the main industries; small towns with a relaxed lifestyle; just 37,600 residents; and only 29,000 annual visitors. By 1998 Maui had been totally transformed. The population had more than tripled to 121,000 residents; the annual visitor count had soared to 2,244,000 people; only two sugar plantations remained; bumper-to-bumper traffic jams had become the norm; planned resorts in Wailea and K\bar{{\rm a}} anapali and a more sprawling tourism complex in Kihei were clustered around the most beautiful beaches; and the small rural towns had grown into tourism and commercial centers.
The rise of global intellectual property rights and their impact on Asia
No full textFor more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Protection of intellectual property such as patents, copyrights, and trade secrets has been one of the most contentious issues between the United States and Asia most recently, raising fears of a U.S.-China trade war. Strong U.S. and European pressure and changes in the world economy have induced Asian countries to strengthen their laws and enforcement over the past decade. New provisions in the recent World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement will demand even stronger measures. Government officials in the West have long contended that Asia-Pacific countries and other developing nations would benefit from stronger intellectual property rights (IPR), but theoretical models do not support this view, and actually strengthened laws brought very different results in the Japanese and Korean pharmaceutical industries. These cases and the recent U.S.-China friction, as well as some basic differences in Western and Asian IPR cultures, may mean more obstacles on the road to harmonious IPR agreements
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