Transformations in Twentieth Century Korea

Chang, Yun-shik; Lee, Steven Hugh

Providing an original and innovative approach to the study of modern Korea, this edited collection traces the social, economc, political, and cultural dimensions of Korea's dramatic transformation since the late nineteenth century.

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