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Transformations in Twentieth Century Korea book cover

1st Edition

Transformations in Twentieth Century Korea

Edited By Yun-shik Chang, Steven Hugh Lee Copyright 2006
396 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

396 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited collection traces the social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of Korea’s dramatic transformation since the late nineteenth century. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the chapters examine the internal and external forces which facilitated the transition towards industrial capitalism in Korea, the consequences and impact of social change, and the ways in which Korean... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: The Agrarian Transformation  1. Neither Sprouts nor Offspring: The Agrarian Roots of Korean Capitalism  2. Agricultural Cooperative Development and Change: A Window on South Korea's Agrarian Transformation  Part 2: Business and Industrial Transformations  3. Causes, Consequence, Relevance: Korea's Industrialization  4. Transformation of Korean Capitalism and the 1997 Economic Crisis: A Case Study of the Hyundai Business Group  5. Chaebol Development, Management Practices and Managerial Ideology  Part 3: Transformations in the State  6. Development Without Democracy: The Political Economy of US-South Korea Relations, 1958-1961  7. Cut From the Same Cloth: Bureaucracies and Rulers in South Korea, 1948-1979  Part 4: Transforming Culture and Ideology  8. Confucianism, Democracy and the Individual in Korean Modernization  9. Monumental Histories: Manliness, the Military and the War Memorial  10. Modernization Theory, Ideology and Economic Success: Putting Korea’s Development in Comparative Perspective  Part 5: Social Transformations: Labour, Women and the Family  11. Modernization, Gender Roles and Marriage Behaviour in South Korea  12. Women's Incorporation into the Urban Economy of South Korea  Conclusion South Korea: In Pursuit of Korean Modernity

Biography

Chang, Yun-shik; Lee, Steven Hugh

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