Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1 : South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century.
Title:
Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1 : South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century.
Author:
Katsiaficas, George.
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9781604867206
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (481 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- I am the People, the Mob by Carl Sandburg -- List of Tables -- List of Charts, Graphs, and Maps -- List of Illustrations and Photographs -- List of Abbreviations -- preface My First Encounter with Korea -- chapter 1 Uprisings and History -- chapter 2 Korea Enters the Modern World System -- chapter 3 U.S. Imperialism and the October People's Uprising -- chapter 4 Against Korea's Division: Jeju Uprising and Yeosun Insurrection -- chapter 5 The Minjung Awaken: Students Overthrow Rhee and Park -- chapter 6 Gwangju People's Uprising -- chapter 7 Neoliberalism and the Gwangju Uprising -- chapter 8 The Gathering Storm -- chapter 9 The June Uprising of 1987 -- chapter 10 The Great Workers' Struggle -- chapter 11 From Minjung to Citizens -- chapter 12 The Struggle Against Neoliberalism -- chapter 13 The Democratic Dilemma -- appendix Interviews with Citizen-Activists -- Credits -- About the Author -- Index.
Abstract:
George Katsiaficas is a longtime activist for peace and justicewho was twice granted Fulbright fellowshipsand the author of The Imagination of the New Left and The Subversion of Politics. He lives in Boston.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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