Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945

by Carter J. Eckert

Book Overview

According to conventional interpretations, the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 destroyed a budding native capitalist economy on the peninsula and blocked the development of a Korean capitalist class until 1945. In this expansive and provocative study, now available in paperback, Carter J. Eckert challenges the standard view and argues that Japanese imperialism, while politically oppressive, was also the catalyst and cradle of modern Korean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029599388X
• ISBN13: 9780295993881
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher