• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Shrimp to whale : South Korea from the forgotten war to K-Pop
  • Contributor: Pacheco Pardo, Ramon [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022
  • Published in: Oxford scholarship online
  • Extent: 1 online resource
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197659656.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780197683514
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  • Keywords: Social change Korea (South) ; History ; Asian history ; Korea (South) History ; Korea (South) Politics and government ; Korea (South) Social conditions
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  • Footnote: Also issued in print: 2022. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 2, 2023)
  • Description: South Korea has a remarkable history. Born from the ashes of imperial domination, partition and a devastating war, back in the 1950s there were real doubts about its survival as an independent state. Yet South Korea endures: today it is a boisterous democracy, a vibrant market economy, a tech powerhouse and home to the coolest of cultures. So what explains this extraordinary transformation? 'Shrimp to Whale' is a lively history of South Korea, from its millennia-old roots, through the division of the Peninsula, dictatorship and economic growth, to today's global powerhouse.