Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989North Korea and South Korea are never far from the news headlines - one for the alleged danger it poses to the world, the other for its apparent capitalist success story. In Bipolar Orders, Hyung Gu Lynn analyzes the processes driving both countries since the 1980s. North Korea has experienced severe economic deterioration and increasing international isolation, while South Korea has undergone democratization and witnessed the emergence of a vibrant consumer culture. Paradoxically, this growing gap in ideologies and material standards has led to improved relations between the two countries. Why has this counterintuitive development occurred? Is North Korea really a threat, and if so, for whom? This book provides a substantive, accessible, and timely examination of the complex and compelling histories of the two Koreas. |
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The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn. HYUNG GU LYNN OREA Bipolar Orders THE TWO KOREAS since 1989 U GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE PRESENT NT GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE PRESENT Series editor | Nicholas Guyatt. Cover.
The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn. HYUNG GU LYNN OREA Bipolar Orders THE TWO KOREAS since 1989 U GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE PRESENT NT GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE PRESENT Series editor | Nicholas Guyatt. Cover.
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The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn. GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE PRESENT Series editor | Nicholas Guyatt In the Global History of the Present series, historians address the upheavals in world history since 1989, as we have lurched from the ...
The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn. GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE PRESENT Series editor | Nicholas Guyatt In the Global History of the Present series, historians address the upheavals in world history since 1989, as we have lurched from the ...
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... Global History of the Present series, for inviting me to contribute to the project and for his insightful comments on the manuscript. I would also like to express my gratitude to the entire staff at Zed Books for their flexibility and ...
... Global History of the Present series, for inviting me to contribute to the project and for his insightful comments on the manuscript. I would also like to express my gratitude to the entire staff at Zed Books for their flexibility and ...
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... global consumer lexicon through their consumer electronics and automobiles. The population has seemingly been transformed overnight from the impoverished farmers who occasionally meandered into the backdrop for American doctors on the ...
... global consumer lexicon through their consumer electronics and automobiles. The population has seemingly been transformed overnight from the impoverished farmers who occasionally meandered into the backdrop for American doctors on the ...
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... Global History Even in the age of globalization, in which global information networks and free trade agreements abound, literal and figurative walls and boundaries exist between all nation-states. Nonetheless, the binary on the Korean ...
... Global History Even in the age of globalization, in which global information networks and free trade agreements abound, literal and figurative walls and boundaries exist between all nation-states. Nonetheless, the binary on the Korean ...
Contents
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2 Altered States | 56 |
3 Holy Trinity | 91 |
4 Economic Tetralogies | 124 |
5 Decussation Effects? | 154 |
6 Conclusion | 172 |
Notes | 177 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 195 |
Index | 200 |
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