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Korean History

Here are some books about the history of the Republic of Korea:

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South Korea: Government of South Korea, History of Korea, History of South Korea, Foreign relations of South Korea, Republic of Korea Armed Forces

Alphascript Publishing
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South Korea, Government of South Korea, History of Korea, History of South Korea, Foreign relations of South Korea, Republic of Korea Armed Forces, Administrative divisions of South Korea, Special cities of Korea, Geography of South Korea, Provinces of Korea, National parks of South Korea, Environment of South Korea, Economy of South Korea, List of South Korean regions by GDP, Nuclear power in South Korea, Transportation in South Korea, Science and technology in Korea, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Education in South Korea, Demographics of South Korea, Koreans, List of cities in South Korea, List of regions of Korea, Eight Provinces of Korea, Religion in South Korea, Culture of Korea, Culture of South Korea, Korean cuisine, Korean art, Architecture of South Korea, Korean architecture, Outline of South Korea, Sport in South Korea

Militarized Modernity and Gendered Citizenship in South Korea (Politics, History, and Culture)

By Seungsook Moon

Duke University Press
Paperback (272 pages)

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This pathbreaking study presents a feminist analysis of the politics of membership in the South Korean nation over the past four decades. Seungsook Moon examines the ambitious effort by which South Korea transformed itself into a modern industrial and militarized nation. She demonstrates that the pursuit of modernity in South Korea involved the construction of the anticommunist national identity and a massive effort to mold the populace into useful, docile members of the state. This process, which she terms “militarized modernity,” treated men and women differently. Men were mobilized for mandatory military service and then, as conscripts, utilized as workers and researchers in the industrializing economy. Women were consigned to lesser factory jobs, and their roles as members of the modern nation were defined largely in terms of biological reproduction and household management.

Moon situates militarized modernity in the historical context of colonialism and nationalism in the twentieth century. She follows the course of militarized modernity in South Korea from its development in the early 1960s through its peak in the 1970s and its decline after rule by military dictatorship ceased in 1987. She highlights the crucial role of the Cold War in South Korea’s militarization and the continuities in the disciplinary tactics used by the Japanese colonial rulers and the postcolonial military regimes. Moon reveals how, in the years since 1987, various social movements—particularly the women’s and labor movements—began the still-ongoing process of revitalizing South Korean civil society and forging citizenship as a new form of membership in the democratizing nation.

Mission in the South , A Korea Region History (1942 - 2002)

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From Transition to Power Alternation : Democracy in South Korea, 1987-1997 (East Asia : History, Politics, Sociology, Culture)

By Carl J. Saxer

Routledge
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In 1987 South Korea began a democratic transition after almost three decades of significant economic development under authoritarian rule. Increased civil unrest caused by dissatisfaction resulted in the regime agreeing to constitutional changes in the summer of 1987. By 1992 the first president without a military background was elected and during his tenure a further deepening of democracy took place. These reforms were instrumental in making it possible that in 1997 for the first time in South Korean history an opposition candidate was elected president. This book examines the initial transition and later attempts at consolidating democracy in South Korea, and argues that although significant progress had been made and a power alternation achieved by late 1997, South Korea could not, by the end of that decade (1987-97), be considered a consolidated democracy.

Bank of South Korea: A History of Fifty Years

The Bank of South Korea
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Mission in the South: A Korea Region History (1942-2002)

By Rev. Robert Martin Lilly

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South Korea's economy: History and prospects

By David I Steinberg

The Asia Society
Unknown Binding (40 pages)

Korea Its History & Culture

By Korean Overseas Information Service

Korean Overseas Information Service
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