Origin of the 1960s Korean Developmental Regime - Manchurian Modern

This book traces the current Korean dynamism, economic and cultural, through Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in northeast China. Suk-Jung Han argues that it influenced the formation of the South Korean developmental regime characterized as the motor of rapid economic development and the Cold War mobilization.

List of contents

Part I: Historical Perspective of Manchukuo
Chapter 1. Manchukuo, the Model of Adaptation
Chapter 2. From Pusan to Fengtian
Chapter 3. The Spectrum of Manchukuo
Part II: Recall of Manchukuo
Chapter 4: State-Building and 'Rebuilding'
Chapter 5: Constructing the Korean Defense State
Chapter 6: Industrial Warriors
Chapter 7: The Era of Construction
Part III: 'Rebuilding' through Stout Body and Wholesome Spirit
Chapter 8: Body for the Nation
Chapter 9: 'Rebuilding' through Songs and Films

About the author

By Suk-Jung Han

Summary

This book traces the current Korean dynamism, economic and cultural, through Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in northeast China. Suk-Jung Han argues that it influenced the formation of the South Korean developmental regime characterized as the motor of rapid economic development and the Cold War mobilization.

Product details

• Authors: Suk-Jung Han
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2024
• EAN: 9781666951868
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-186-8
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Korea, Sociology, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, c 1960 to c 1970, Asian History, c 1960 to c 1969