Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION. Korea’s Turbulent Twentieth Century 1
5. CHAPTER ONE. A New Century and the End of an Era 8
6. CHAPTER TWO. Colonial State and Society 36
7. CHAPTER THREE. Class and Nation in Colonial Korea: The 1920s 56
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Colonial Modernity, Assimilation, and War: 1930 –1945 76
9. CHAPTER FIVE. Liberation, Civil War, and Division 100
10. CHAPTER SIX. Political and Economic Development in South Korea 121
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. Going It Alone: The DPRK 1953 –Present 146
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. Democratization in South Korea: 1987–2000 167
13. EPILOGUE. Untying the Korean Knot 182
14. NOTES 191
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 201
16. INDEX 211
17. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 221