Pacific Rift: Why Americans and Japanese Don't Understand Each

Pacific Rift: Why Americans and Japanese Don't Understand Each Other

â€œLewisâ€™s take is often comic, but his message is serious. He sees Japan as it is and sums up the challenge: â€˜How can our capitalism beat their capitalism?â€™ By keeping his eyes open and asking the right questions, this newcomer comes up with penetrating insights.â€ â€•William J. Holstein, Business Week
In Pacific Rift, the best-selling author of Liarâ€™s Poker aims his skewering wit at the so-called cultural clash between Japan and the United States. The result is a very different kind of book on U.S.-Japanese business relations. In search of answers, Michael Lewis hits the road to report on the travails of two businessmen: one a rollicking American insurance agent who works in Tokyo, the other a Harvard-educated Japanese man employed by Mitsui Real Estate in New York City. From the Ginza hostess bars of Tokyo to the â€œwine-bottleâ€ gangs of Times Square, Lewis dramatizes tragicomic collisions between the two cultures and the basic misconceptions that Americans and Japanese have about each other.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 1993-06-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393309867

Pacific Rift: Why Americans and Japanese Don't Understand Each Other