Korea: the Impossible Country South Korea's Amazing Rise from the Ashes: the Inside Story of an Economic, Political and Cultural Phenomenon

Name: Korea: the Impossible Country South Korea's Amazing Rise from the Ashes: the Inside Story of an Economic, Political and Cultural Phenomenon
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ISBN: 9780804842525

ISBN-10: 0804842523

ISBN-13: 9780804842525

Edition: 2012

Authors: Daniel Tudor

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Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in just fifty years into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. With no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule, Korea managed to accomplish a second Asian miracle.Daniel Tudor is a journalist who has lived in and written about Korea for almost a decade. InKorea: The Impossible Country, Tudor examines Korea's cultural…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication date: 11/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.13" wide x 8.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments, Caveats, and a Note on Names


Introduction


A Brief History of Korea



Foundations



Shamanism and the Spirit World



Buddhism



Confucianism



Christianity



Capitalism with a Korean Face



Democracy: Beyond Asian Values



Cultural Codes



Jeong-The "Invisible Hug"



Competition



Chemyon, or Face



Han and Heung



From Clan to Nuclear Family



Neophilia



Hyun-Shil: Cold Reality



North Korea: Friend, Foe, or Foreigner?



Politics and the Media



Onward, Industrial Soldiers



"More Important than the Business Itself"



Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Perfect



English Mania



In The Hours Not Spent Working



Living Space: From Hanok to Apartment Houses and Back Again



Four Seasons at the Dinner Table



Cinema: Boom, Bust, and Brilliance



More Than K-Pop



Work All Day, Stay Out All Night



More of "Us," Less of "Them"



Defensive Nationalism



Multicultural Korea?



"Its Our Turn"



"We Are Not Aliens, From Another Cosmos"



A Woman's Place Is in the Office


Epilogue: Where Is the Champagne?


Index