Peasant protest & social change in colonial Korea / Gi-Wook Shin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shin, Gi-Wook.

Series:

Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasant uprisings--Korea--History.

Peasant uprisings.

Korea.

History.

Land tenure--Korea--History.

Land tenure.

Korea--History--Japanese occupation, 1910-1945.

Korea--History--1864-1910.

Social movements--Korea--History.

Social movements.

Physical Description:

xiii, 234 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Peasant protest and social change in colonial Korea

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [1996]

Contents:

1. Explaining Peasant Protest: Integrated View

2. Social Change and Land Tenure in Traditional Korea

3. Colonialism and Korean Agriculture: Growth without Development

4. Tenant-Landlord Conflict, 1920-32: Ideology or Interest?

5. The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part I: An Overview and Critique

6. The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part II: History from Below

7. Tenant-Landlord Conflict, 1933-39: Class and Nation

8. Japanese Militarism and Everyday Forms of Resistance, 1940-44

9. Historical Origins of Peasant Radicalism in Liberated Korea

Conclusion: Toward Reform and Revolution

App. 1. Main Activities of Red Peasant Unions

App. 2. Peasant Radicalism Index in Relation to Number of Red Peasant Unions and Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Religious Variables

App. 3. Leadership Characteristics in Selected Red Peasant Unions

App. 4. List of Counties Analyzed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-230) and index.

ISBN:

0295975482

9780295975481

OCLC:

35043625