Trade and Transformation in Korea, 1876—1945

The passage of time, of course, tends to close even the most open and vicious of wounds. [...]while emotions remain strong, space for more balanced and nuanced examinations of the legacies of the colonial period has greatly expanded, although this is more true for non-Korean scholars than for native...

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Published in:Korean studies 1998-01, Vol.22 (1), p.130-132
Main Author: Lim, Timothy C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apologies
Business
Capitalism
Civil society
Colonial history
Colonialism
Economic development
Economic history
Emotions
Industrial development
Japanese language
Korea
Korean language
State-society relations
Trade
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Summary:The passage of time, of course, tends to close even the most open and vicious of wounds. [...]while emotions remain strong, space for more balanced and nuanced examinations of the legacies of the colonial period has greatly expanded, although this is more true for non-Korean scholars than for native Koreans. The space for reinterpretative research on Korea's colonial period, however, is not due solely to a dissipation of anti-Japanese sentiment or the emotions surrounding colonial studies more generally, but also (and perhaps more importantly) to a more sophisticated understanding of both state-society and state-market relations. Unlike most extant studies, however, it focuses on what have generally been considered peripheral social agents and areas of activity in the development of Korean capitalism: small-scale business owners (especially grain brokers and millers) rather than major entrepreneurs; agriculture rather than industry; and port cities rather than Seoul.
ISSN:0145-840X
1529-1529
1529-1529
DOI:10.1353/ks.1998.0007