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The author argues that Korea's rapid industrial growth is neither miracle nor cultural mystery, but the outcome of a previously misunderstood political economy.

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Preface Theoretical Considerations Soldiers, Bankers, and the Zaibatsu in Colonial Korea: Prologue to the Future A Method to His Madness: The Political Economy of Import-Substitution Industrialization in Rhee's Korea In the East Asian Cauldron: Korea Takes Off The Search for Autonomy: The Big Push The Political Economy of Korea, Inc.: The State, Finance, and the Chaebol Slouching Toward the Market: Financial Liberalization in the 1980s Notes Bibliography Index

Race to the Swift

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 12/11/1992
      ISBN13: 9780231071475, 978-0231071475
      ISBN10: 0231071477
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      Development economics Political economy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author argues that Korea's rapid industrial growth is neither miracle nor cultural mystery, but the outcome of a previously misunderstood political economy.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Theoretical Considerations Soldiers, Bankers, and the Zaibatsu in Colonial Korea: Prologue to the Future A Method to His Madness: The Political Economy of Import-Substitution Industrialization in Rhee's Korea In the East Asian Cauldron: Korea Takes Off The Search for Autonomy: The Big Push The Political Economy of Korea, Inc.: The State, Finance, and the Chaebol Slouching Toward the Market: Financial Liberalization in the 1980s Notes Bibliography Index

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