Korea: The Impossible Country: South Korea's Amazing Rise from the Ashes
Daniel Tudor
Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in just fifty years into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. With no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule, Korea managed to accomplish a second Asian miracle. The author is a journalist who has lived in and written about Korea for almost a decade. In this book, he examines Korea's cultural foundations; the Korean character; the public sphere in politics, business, and the workplace as well as the family, dating, and marriage. In doing so, he touches on topics as diverse as shamanism, clan-ism, the dilemma posed by North Korea, the myths about doing business in Korea, the Koreans' renowned hard-partying ethos, and why the infatuation with learning English is now causing huge social problems.
साल:
2018
प्रकाशन:
Tuttle Publishing
भाषा:
english
पृष्ठ:
336
ISBN 10:
0804842523
ISBN 13:
9780804842525
ISBN:
B009CH9FA8
फ़ाइल:
AZW3 , 1.33 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2018