A Japanese Joint Venture In The Pacific: Foreign Bodies In Tinned Tuna (routledge Contemporary Japan Series)

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.--publisher. Kate Barclay. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [193]-217) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Abbreviations and non-English words......Page 19 1 Introduction: Foreign bodies in economic development......Page 22 2 Theorizing the identity relations of modernism......Page 29 3 Modernism, nationalism, and colonialism......Page 63 4 Background on Solomon Taiyo Ltd......Page 95 5 Solomon Islanders and Solomon Taiyo......Page 141 6 Okinawan fishermen: Between modernity and the South Seas......Page 164 7 Japanese managers: Non-White moderns......Page 183 8 Conclusion: The stinky jewel of modernity......Page 203 Appendices......Page 210 Notes......Page 214 Bibliography......Page 227 Index......Page 239 The Japanese, and other Asians, are increasingly taking over some of the roles previously played by Europeans in the Pacific Islands. This book considers the role of the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, focusing especially on a joint venture between the Japanese multinational Maruha Corporation and the Solomon Islands' government