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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Cover; KOREA AND GLOBALIZATION: POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Globalization and Recent Changes to Daily Life in the Republic of Korea; Chapter 2 Labor, Capital, and the Globalization of the Korean Economy; Chapter 3 From Insularity to segyehwa: The Political Economy of Globalization in Korea; Chapter 4 Commonalities and Differences between the Cultures of North and South Korea and the Unifcation of the Peninsula. |
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Chapter 5 The Japan That Does Not Exist and The Ugly Korean: An Essay on the History of Korean-Japanese Relations and their Contemporary Images of Each OtherChapter 6 The Tropitạka Koreana: Its Computerization and Significance for the Cultural Sciences in a Modern Globalized World; Chapter 7 The Re-globalization of Korean Literature; Chapter 8 In the Global Arena: Korea the United Nations, and Peace-keeping Operations; Contributors; Index. |
| Summary |
Korea faces two challenges in the twenty-first century: unification and globalization. Both entail problems of economic, political and cultural integration. In the past, Koreans successfully 'unified' in various forms, and 'globalized' in many ways. This book is a study of the theme of globalization, addressing various aspects of Korea's integration into the global community from a social scientific or humanistic perspective. This investigation begins with a focus on contemporary South and North Korea: the 'globalized' southern daily life, South Korean labour as a global player, the southern d. |
| Local Note |
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Globalization.
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Globalization. |
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Korea -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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Korea. |
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Civilization. |
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20th century |
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Korea -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
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Economic conditions. |
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1945- |
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Korea -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Politics and government. |
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1960- |
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Since 1900 |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sesay, Amadu.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lewis, James B. Korea and Globalization : Politics, Economics and Culture. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780700715121 |
| ISBN |
9781136859717 (electronic book) |
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1136859713 (electronic book) |
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