1998, ISBN: 0393040887

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780393040883], [PU: W.W. Norton, New York], ASIA, Jacket, First edition. Near Fine oversized clothbound hardcover with a light bump to two tips and a black marker line on the botto… More...

[EAN: 9780393040883], [PU: W.W. Norton, New York], ASIA, Jacket, First edition. Near Fine oversized clothbound hardcover with a light bump to two tips and a black marker line on the bottom of the text block in a Near Fine dust jacket with light wear at the tips and a touch of shelf wear. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Other Asian countries have recently followed the commercial success of Japan and Taiwan in electronic and manufacturing productivity and consumerism. This book examines, in photographs, the impact of these changes on traditional life and culture. The photographer spent 4 years chronicling Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and the two Koreas. Photographs by Hiroji Kubota; foreword by Lucio A. Noto. Kubota has been a member of Magnum since 1970. This is his fourth book. 304 pages; 200 full-page and full-spread color photographic plates + map endpapers; 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Extensive captions at the rear. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping may be more than quoted., Books<

1998, ISBN: 0393040887

[EAN: 9780393040883], [PU: W. W. Norton & Company], New York: W. W. Norton, 1999. Orig. cloth binding, 304 pp. Illustrated. - Traditional low plaster and wood houses line a peaceful canal… More...

[EAN: 9780393040883], [PU: W. W. Norton & Company], New York: W. W. Norton, 1999. Orig. cloth binding, 304 pp. Illustrated. - Traditional low plaster and wood houses line a peaceful canal in North Korea while a pyramid-shaped hotel looms 1,000 feet high over Pyongyang, abandoned before it was finished. Gambling casinos rise above a bullfighting ring in Macau, and Padaung women sell traditional weavings to tourists while a motorcycle factory turns out half a million vehicles a year in Thailand. More than 200 magnificent color photographs in this oversized volume document the modernization and enormous productivity of eastern Asia set against the background of traditional life and culture, as seen through the keen eye and understanding of Hiroji Kubota. What started in Japan and Taiwan after World War II, and continued in Hong Kong and Korea, has now touched Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines an economic and social explosion, caught here by Kubota's sensitive lens. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780393040883. Keywords : PHOTOGRAPHY, Asia, Books<