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This volume is a comprehensive survey textbook on modern Korean society. The contributors discuss key issues of modern Korean studies, including regionalism, inequality, and division. The common th...
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This volume is a comprehensive survey textbook on modern Korean society. The contributors discuss key issues of modern Korean studies, including regionalism, inequality, and division. The common theme is the influence of Korea's unique traditional elements on the modernization process and the country's prospects for the future.
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Pages: 268
Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Imprint: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Series: Korea Research Monograph
Publication Date: 01 January 2007
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781557290861
Format: Paperback
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Hyuk-Rae Kim is chair of the Korean studies program and professor of Korean studies at Yonsei University. Education: Ph.D. University of Washington

Bok Song is professor emeritus of sociology at Yonsei University.

Acknowledgements – vii

1. The Contour of Modern Korean Society – 1
    Hyuk-Rae Kim

2. Regionalism and National Networks – 16
    Yong-Hak Kim

3. The Korean Stratification System: Continuity and Change – 36
    Hagen Koo

4. Inequality and Class Reproduction in Everyday Life – 63
    Wang-Bae Kim and Bok Song

5. Economic Governance: Its Historical Development and Future Prospects – 79
    Hyuk-Rae Kim

6. From Take-off to Drop-off?: Postwar Economic Development and Industrialization – 106
    Karl J. Fields

7. Family, Gender, and Sexual Inequality – 131
    Seung-Kyung Kim

8. Population Changes and Urbanization – 158
    Kye-Choon Ahn

9. Social Grievances and Social Protests against the Oppressive State – 179
    Dong-No Kim

10. The Making of Civil Society in Historical Perspective – 205
    Hyuk-Rae Kim

11. Division, War, and Reunification – 226
    Bruce Cumings

Index – 249

Contributors – 255