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020 $a0804730555 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aLie, John.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90708290
245 10 $aHan unbound :$bthe political economy of South Korea /$cJohn Lie.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$c[1998], ©1998.
300 $axx, 255 pages :$bmap ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-242) and index.
520 $aThis book reveals how South Korea was transformed from one of the poorest and most agrarian countries in the world in the 1950's to one of the richest and most industrialized states by the late 1980's.
520 8 $aThe author argues that South Korea's economic, cultural, and political development was the product of a unique set of historical circumstances that cannot be replicated elsewhere, and that only by ignoring the costs and negative consequences of development can South Korea's transformation be described as an unqualified success.
520 8 $aThe historical circumstances include a thoroughgoing land reform that forced children of former landlords to move to the cities to make their fortunes, a very low-paid labor force, and the threat from North Korea and the consequent American presence.
520 8 $aThe costs of development included the exploitation of labor (as late as 1986, South Korean factory workers had the longest hours in the world and earned less than their counterparts in Mexico and Brazil), undemocratic politics, and despoliation of the environment.
520 8 $aBecause the author sees South Korean development as contingent on a variety of particular circumstances, he ranges widely to include not only the information typically gathered by sociologists and political economists, but also insights gained from examining popular tastes and values, poetry, fiction, and ethnography, showing how all of these aspects of South Korean life help elucidate his main themes.
651 0 $aKorea (South)$xEconomic conditions$y1948-1960.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073058
651 0 $aKorea (South)$xEconomic conditions$y1960-1988.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073059
651 0 $aKorea (South)$xPolitics and government$y1948-1960.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073070
651 0 $aKorea (South)$xPolitics and government$y1960-1988.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073071
852 00 $beal$hHC467$i.L5 1998