274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This book reviews South Korea’s experiences of kŭndaehwa (modernization), or catching up with the West, with a focus on three major historical projects, namely, expansion of new (Western) education, industrialization and democratization. The kŭndaehwa efforts that began in the last quarter of the nineteenth century have now fully transformed South Korea into an urban industrial society. In... Read more
1. Choson Dynasty Korea
2. Korea in Transition 1876-1945
3. Growth of New (Western) Education
4. Industrialization
5. Democratization
6. Urbanizationand the Expansion of the Public Domain
Biography
Chang Yunshik is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
