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The Park Chung Hee Era : The Transformation of South Korea by Byung-Kook Kim; Ezra F. Vogel; Chang Jae Baik; Jorge I. Domnguez; Yong-Sup Han; Sung Gul Hong; Paul D. Hutchcroft; Hyug Baeg Im; Byung-joon Jun; Eun Mee Kim; Hyung-A Kim; Joo Hong Kim; Taehyun Kim; Yong-Jick Kim; Jung-Hoon Lee; Min Yong Lee; Nae-Young Lee is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee's presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited with modernizing South Korea, but at a huge political and social cost. South Korea's political landscape under Park defies easy categorization. The state was predatory yet technocratic, reform-minded yet quick to crack down on dissidents in the name of political order. The nation was balanced uneasily between opposition forces calling for democratic reforms and the Park government's obsession with economic growth. The chaebol (a powerful conglomerate of multinationals based in South Korea) received massive government support to pioneer new growth industries, even as a nationwide campaign of economic shock therapy-interest hikes, devaluation, and wage cuts-met strong public resistance and caused considerable hardship. This landmark volume examines South Korea's era of development as a study i
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- Author
- Byung-Kook Kim; Ezra F. Vogel; Chang Jae Baik; Jorge I. Domnguez; Yong-Sup Han; Sung Gul Hong; Paul D. Hutchcroft; Hyug Baeg Im; Byung-joon Jun; Eun Mee Kim; Hyung-A Kim; Joo Hong Kim; Taehyun Kim; Yong-Jick Kim; Jung-Hoon Lee; Min Yong Lee; Nae-Young Lee
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674072312
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Science, Business
- Rating
- 4.37 / 5 (33 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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