01985nam a2200193   4500001000500000005001700005020001800022100001900040245008800059260006100147300002300208520120600231650006501437650005001502650005901552650004301611999001501654952012201669772820181127184227.000a978000638888300aMallet,Victor 00aThe trouble with tigers :b the rise and fall of South-East Asia /cVictor Malleth00aHammersmith, London : bHarperCollins Publishers,c1999.00axix, 346 p; 20 cm.  a(This edition contains a limited number of  illustrations.) The most frank, readable and detailed  account available in the English language of the  political, economic, environmental and cultural changes  sweeping through south-east Asia. By the mid-1990s,  south-east Asia and its fast-growing economies were the  envy of the world. The region's leaders boasted that  their societies, based on hard work and family values,  were superior to those of the decadent West. Then came  the financial crash of 1997.The Trouble with Tigers  examines in detail the miracle that turned sour,  including:- the debate about the existence of 'Asian  values'- the relationship between democracy and  authoritarianism- SE Asia's Generation X ' as wild and  happy-go-lucky as any Western teenagers- the region's  political and business leaders- the environmental  disaster befalling the region- power politics ' between  Russia, China and the United States ' in the region  Victor Mallet talks to politicians, drug addicts,  environmentalists, warlords, prostitutes, peasant farmers  and captains of industry in a vivid and perceptive study  that sheds much-needed light on the complextities of this  varied region.  aSoutheast Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-vxyz200aSoutheast Asia -- Environmental conditions.x00aSoutheast Asia -- Social conditions -- 20th century.x00aSoutheast Asia -- Social conditions.x  c6630d6630  00102ddc40708MAINaRTCLIBbRTCLIBcMAINh i11562l0o320.95 MALp30012581r2018-11-27 00:00:00w2018-11-27yMAIN