UID:
almahu_9947415084802882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511528101 (ebook)
Content:
South Korean conglomerates, or 'chaebol,' such as Hyundai and Samsung, play a far more important role in the Korean economy than do comparable large firms in the US and Japanese economies. Despite the importance of the chaebol to the rapid postwar development of the Korean economy, little has been written about their origins during the Japanese occupation. Through case studies of local ownership in major financial, commercial, and industrial ventures, this book provides a detailed picture of indigenous capitalism during Japanese colonization. Drawing on Japanese government sources, Korean biographies and diaries, interviews and US intelligence material, the author gives a compelling account of key personalities in the Korean business elite and of the personal dilemmas of balancing nationalism against success under dependent, colonial conditions. The author concludes that dependent rather than comprador capitalism characterized leading Korean businesses through 1945. Patterns of concentration within family enterprises, close ties with the colonial state, and mutual support among a Korean inner circle of business leaders constitute a legacy of the colonial period important to the subsequent development of Korean conglomerates.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. Origins -- 2. Benign capitalism -- 3. Colonial state -- 4. Japanese investment -- 5. The mins and finance -- 6. Pak and commerce -- 7. Kim and industry -- 8. Legacies.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521385657
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511528101
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