The Pacific Basin: An Introduction

• Defines the Pacific Basin, locates it in academic research, and explains its importance.
• Addressees the historical origins and evolution of the Pacific Basin and its sub-regions.
• Introduces students to the historical and contemporary relationships, continuities and differences that characterize the region.
• Incorporates analyses of colonialism and imperialism, migration and settlement, economic development and trade, international relations, war and memory, environmental policy, urbanization, mental and public health, gender, film, and literature.
• Connects the diverse peoples of this vast area, explores their common challenges and the diverse responses to these challenges, and provides a window into the lived humanity of the Pacific Basin.

The Pacific Basin: An Introduction is a key textbook for undergraduate courses on the Pacific Basin, the Pacific Rim, International Studies, Geography, World History, and Globalization.