The Pacific Century

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 textbook, Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia, was written and edited by E. Mark Borthwick.

The Pacific Century
Written byAlex Gibney
Narrated byPeter Coyote
Music byRobert Boress
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Producer(s)Peter Bull
Alex Gibney
CinematographySamuel Painter
DistributorPublic Broadcasting Service
Release
Original releaseOctober 15, 1992 (October 15, 1992)

The series was a co-production of Pomona College's Pacific Basin Institute and KCTS-TV in Seattle. Principle funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

Episodes
  1. The Two Coasts of China: Asia and the Challenge of the West
  2. The Meiji Revolution
  3. From the Barrel of a Gun
  4. Writers and Revolutionaries
  5. Reinventing Japan
  6. Inside Japan, Inc.
  7. Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius
  8. The Fight for Democracy
  9. Sentimental Imperialists: America in Asia
  10. The Pacific Century: The Future of the Pacific Basin


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