Growth and Structural Changes in the Korean Economy, 1910-1940 / Sang-Chul Suh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suh, Sang-Chul, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 83.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Korea--Economic conditions--1910-1945.

Korea.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1978.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1978.

Summary:

A detailed exploration of the development of the Korean economy during the colonial period. The work's objectives include the measurement of the rate of growth of the Korean economy during this thirty-year period and an explanation of the unique growth patterns experienced under Japanese occupation. One of the studies on the economic and social modernization of Korea undertaken jointly by the Harvard Institute for International Development and the Korea Development Institute.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Historical Background

Estimates of Commodity Production, 1910-1940

Measurement of Over-All Growth

Structural Changes

Agricultural Sector Analysis

Manufacturing Sector Analysis

External Sector Analysis

Regional Pattern of Economic Growth South vs. North

Korean Economic Growth in Perspective

Appendix A

Appendix B

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-220) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-214-4

OCLC:

647430531

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684172146 DOI