The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945
by
Carter J. Eckert
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2014
According to conventional interpretations, the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 destroyed a budding native capitalist economy on the peninsula and blocked the development of a Korean capitalist class until 1945. In this expansive and provocative study, now available in paperback, Carter J. Eckert...