The Pacific Century(1992)
Documentary
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First Air Date: 1992-10-01
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
The Pacific Century was a 1992 PBS Emmy Award winning ten part documentary series narrated by Peter Coyote about the rise of the Pacific Rim economies. Alex Gibney was the writer for the series, and Frank Gibney, his father, wrote the companion trade book, The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World. The companion college telecourse, Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia, was written and edited by Mark Borthwick. The series was a co-production of the Pacific Basin Institute and KCTS-TV in Seattle. Principle funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
The Two Coasts of China
Air Date: 1992-10-01
Introduces the concept of a "balancing act" in China's elite's perceptions of external threats and opportunities tha...
E02
The Meiji Revolution
Air Date: 1992-10-08
Japan became the first industrially and technically underdeveloped nation to modernize itself and become a great powe...
E03
From the Barrel of a Gun
Air Date: 1992-10-15
No episode overview available.
E04
Writers & Revolutionaries
Air Date: 1992-10-22
No episode overview available.
E05
Reinventing Japan
Air Date: 1992-10-29
No episode overview available.
E06
Inside Japan, Inc.
Air Date: 1992-11-05
No episode overview available.
E07
Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius
Air Date: 1992-11-12
No episode overview available.
E08
The Fight for Democracy
Air Date: 1992-11-19
No episode overview available.
E09
Sentimental Imperialists
Air Date: 1992-11-26
No episode overview available.
E10
The Pacific Century
Air Date: 1992-12-03
No episode overview available.
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