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Although Modernization In Korea Started More Than A Century Later Than In The West, It Has Worked As A Prominent Ideology Throughout The Past Century--in Particular It Has Brought Radical Changes In Korean Architecture And Cities. Traditional Structures And Ways Of Life Have Been Thoroughly Uprooted In Modernity's Continuous Negation Of The Past. This Book Presents A Comprehensive Overview Of Architectural Development And Urbanization In Korea Within The Broad Framework Of Modernization. Twentieth-century Korean Architecture And Cities Form Three Distinctive Periods. The First, Defined As Colonial Modern, Occurred Between The Early Twentieth Century And 1945, When Western Civilization Was Transplanted To Korea Via Japan, And A Modern Way Of Life, Albeit Distorted, Began Taking Shape. The Second Is The So-called Developmental Dictatorship Period.^ Between 1961 And 1988, The Explosive Growth Of Urban Populations Resulted In Large-scale Construction Booms, And Architects Delved Into Modern Identity Through The Locality Of Traditional Architecture. The Last Period Began In The Mid-1990s And May Be Defined As One Of Modernization Settlement And A Transition To Globalization. With City P

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Author

Jung, Inha; Knapp, Ronald G.; Ruan, Xing

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824839017

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Architecture, History, Art