Pacific rising : the emergence of a new world culture / Simon Winchester
1991, First Edition. New York : Prentice-Hall Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #381484
ISBN: 0138077932
Physical description: xiv, 496 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-487) and index. Contents: Prologue -- The great ocean -- Approaches. From a peak in Darién ; The Strait that shall forever bear his name ; "Primus circumdedisti me" ; Down the Malacca ; Across Siberia -- Connections. One: Bands of steel. The cutting edge ; Hauling Australia away ; William the Conqueror's car ; Driving the deficit home -- Two: Threads of silk. The men ; The master ; The money -- Icons. The messengers ; The monster ; The Mac -- Places in the basin. Kauai ; Outback ; Teak bandits ; Relics of old Siam ; Nervous old colony ; Return to the native -- Cities on the rim. Eastern capital ; Metropolis West -- The wave. Subjects: Pacific Area. Sozioökonomischer Wandel. Sozioökonomischer Wandel. Pacific Area.
Pacifique, Région du. Pacific Area. Pazifischer Raum. Pazifischer Raum.
Price: €12.95