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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ffers a fascinating and rich historical analysis of South Korea’s class of skilled workers and their role in the country’s heavy and chemical industrialization (HCI) programme."
* European Journal of Korean Studies *
"Kim’s book is essential reading for historians and social scientists of modern Korea, and it could be useful as a course material pertaining to the political economy of labor and development of postwar East Asia. The fruits of Kim’s own labors found here will surely reward the inquiry of anyone seeking a fresh perspective beyond benchmark models of the developmental state and searching for deeper insights into the significant indigenous factors at work in South Korea’s rapid industrialization and socio-political transformation."
* Journal of Social History *
"This book will be useful to students and scholars who are interested in economic development, class politics, labor movements, and labor-management relations in Korea. Undoubtedly the story of Korean HCI workers’ changing sociopolitical trajectory will present a fresh perspective on the story of Korea’s remarkable economic and national development."
* Asian Ethnology *
"[A] fascinating historical analysis of the creation of Korea’s first generation of skilled HCI workers and the transformation of their sociopolitical trajectory...This book will be useful to students and scholars who are interested in economic development, class politics, labor movements, and labor-management relations in Korea."
* Asian Ethnology *
"Deeply researched, brimming with interesting and useful historical information, and full of insight."
* Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *
