A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific: Foreign Bodies in Tinned Tuna Contributor(s): Barclay, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415434351 ISBN-13: 9780415434355 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Business Development - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 338.888 |
LCCN: 2007034548 |
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan |
Physical Information: 240 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |