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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 330.951 EAN: 9780393331936 ISBN: 0393331938 Label: W. W. Norton Manufacturer: W. W. Norton Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: June 02, 2008 Publisher: W. W. Norton Studio: W. W. Norton Editorial Review: Product Description: "A comprehensive primer on the development of these Asian tigers."—Noam Lupu, San Francisco Chronicle The Elephant and the Dragon is the essential guide to understanding how India and China are reshaping our world. With labor now unbound from geographic borders, we're seeing startling shifts in how—and where—nearly everything we buy is made. In a compelling mix of history and on-the-ground reporting, veteran journalist Robyn Meredith untangles the complex web of business and politics, as well as environmental and cultural issues that entwine India, China, and the West. She also outlines how Americans—business leaders, workers, politicians, even parents—can understand the vast changes coming and thrive in this new age. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A good but limited account of China and IndiaRobyn Meredith's book, The Elephant and the Dragon, describes and compares the recent political and economic developments in India and China and purports to state the meaning of these changes. Meredith is a foreign correspondent for Forbes magazine. Accordingly, her book is filled with facts and figures, but it is largely a superficial account written by someone on the outside looking in. By comparison, James Kynge's book, China Shakes the World, also by a financial writer, is an insiders account ... Read More Rating:  - The rise of two countries.A solid expose about the strengths and weaknesses of India and China. Many individuals view these two competitors as superstar economies, but Meredith points out that both countries have some great strengths but also huge weaknesses. When you think of India and the growth of technology, one thinks of super smart computer programmers doing the jobs that Westerners once did. However, as Meredith reports, 35% of Indians cannot read. Simarilarily with China, one thinks of super cheap workforce with ... Read More Rating: - Elephant and Dragon reviewI purchased this book when studying Marketing in an International Context. I wanted to find out about this emerging power centre in the East as the business focus is increasingly shifting in this direction. I found this book explaining the situation in a very comprehensible way. I already knew some of the things presented in the book, but it also changed the way I was looking at this part of the world. This book puts the global economic power shift into context leaving the reader with a fresh pair of ... Read More Rating:  - A clumsy, shallow effort...Meredith's book is an attempt to describe and articulate the newly-fashionable theme of the China and India's rise to political and economic prominence. However, the book lacks a coherent plan of detailing its facts and linking them in a sensible way. The author jumps from one set of facts in one paragraph to some totally unrelated commentary in the next and then comes back to the first set of facts in a later section. This patterns keeps repeating througout the book, giving the reader a ... Read More Rating: - Great Book!Very informative book. Vividly illuminates how development in central Asia is reshaping the world market place. |
