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Informationen zum Autor Gi-Wook Shin is director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, as well as holder of the Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies. Klappentext Gi-Wook Shin is director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University! as well as holder of the Tong Yang! Korea Foundation! and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies. Zusammenfassung Between 1876 and 1946 Korea opened its market to foreign powers, became subject to Japanese colonialism, and was swept into agricultural commercialization, and industrialization. This book examines how peasants responded to these events with protests that shaped the course of postwar revolution in the north and reform in the south. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chronology Note on Romanization Introduction Explaining Peasant Protest: An Integrated View Social change and Land Tenure in Traditional Korea Colonialism and Korean Agriculture: Growth without Development Tenant-Landlord Conflict, 1920-32: Ideology or Interest? The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part 1: An Overview & Critique The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part 2: History from Below Tenant-Landlord Conflict, 1933-39: Class and Nation Japanese Militarism and Everyday forms of Resistance, 1940-44 Historical Origins of Peasant Radicalism in Liberated Korea Conclusion: Toward Reform and Revolution Appendix 1: Main Activities of Red Peasant Unions Appendix 2: Peasant Radicalism Index in Relation to Number of Red Peasant Unions and Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Religious Variables Appendix 3: Leadership Characteristics in Selected Red Peasant Unions Appendix 4: List of Counties Analyzed Notes Bibliography Index ...
