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100	1		_aCollinwood, Dean Walter _d1949- _eauthor
245			_aJapan and the Pacific Rim/ _cby Dean Walter Dean, 1949-
250			_aEigth Edition.
264		1	_aDubuque, IA: _b McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, _cc2006
300			_a205 pages: _billustrations, maps; _c27 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505			_aArticles from the world press: As Japan's women move up, many are moving out / H.W. French; Parasites in pret-a-porter / P. Orenstein; Taiwan's democratic movement and push for independence / C. Maukuei; Japan that can say yes / K. Togo; Hong kong, still "One Country, Two systems"?; Keep coasts under control; Sacred world; Doomed reform / Close to home; Japan's homeless find their place in public parks; Open education; Going it alone; Macau sets its sights on the high table; Decline of Japan's farmers; Japan's English lessons; Women's universities struggle in Japan; Take three; Marriage in Japan -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations.
520			_a[This] volume provides a foundation of information - geographic, cultural, economic, political, historical, artistic, and religious - that will allow readers to better assess the current and future problems within [Japan and the Pacific Rim] and to comprehend how events there might affect their own well-being. In short, [this book] present[s] the background information necessary to respond to the realities of our global age.-Using Global Studies, Japan and the Pacific Rim. Included in this [book] are background essays and important statistics for Japan and each of the countries that make up the Pacific Rim.-Back cover.
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