Download or read book Pacific Rising written by Simon Winchester and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1992 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has the Pacific region reached such preeminence? What links its disparate cultures? In a provocative analysis that combines politics and culture as well as economics, Winchester gives readers a remarkable new look at the people of this region, from Japan to Australia, Korea to the west coasts of North and South America. 25 maps.