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The new Asian hemisphere : the irresistible shift of global power to the East /
For two centuries Asians have been bystanders in world history, reacting defenselessly to the surges of Western commerce, thought, and power. That era is over. Asia is returning to the center stage it occupied for eighteen centuries before the rise of the West. By 2050, three of the world's lar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
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©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For two centuries Asians have been bystanders in world history, reacting defenselessly to the surges of Western commerce, thought, and power. That era is over. Asia is returning to the center stage it occupied for eighteen centuries before the rise of the West. By 2050, three of the world's largest economies will be Asian: China, India, and Japan. In The New Asian Hemisphere, Kishore Mahbubani argues that Western minds need to step outside their "comfort zone" and prepare new mental maps to understand the rise of Asia. The West, he says, must gracefully share power with Asia by giving up its a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786746637 0786746637 9781586486280 1586486284 |