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"Contrasting South Korea's historical situation to that in which Europe, the United States, and other developing countries industrialized, Yong-Chool Ha considers how a country can progress economically while relying on traditional social structures that usually fragment political and economic vitality. Instead of seeing neofamilism as a hindrance to growth or as a propagandistic tool, Ha demonstrates that the familial system was critical to Korea's economic transformation."

Inhaltsverzeichnis: A devil appears in a different dress: imperial Japan's deceptive propaganda and rationalization for making Korea its colony / Hakjoon Kim -- Establishing Japanese national identity and the "Chosen issue" / Sang Sook Jeon -- Japanese propaganda in the United States from 1905 / Andre Schmid -- The impact of the colonial situation on international perspectives in Korea: active imaginations, wishful strategies, and passive action / Yong Chool Ha and Jung Hwan Lee -- Modern utopia or "animal society"?: the American imaginaries in wartime colonial Korea, 1931-1945 / Yumi Moon -- The British and American perceptions of Korea during the colonial period / Daeyeol Ku -- Russian perception of Koreans and the Japanese colonial regime in Korea during the first quarter of the twentieth century / Sergey O. Kurbanov -- Chinese understandings of colonial Korea in modern times, 1910-1945: observations and reflections / Kezhi Sun -- Publicizing colonies: representations of "Korea" and "Koreans" in NIPPON / Naoko Shimazu.

Geo-Politics in Northeast Asia focuses on the dynamics of Northeast Asia as a region. The chapters in this book offer a nuanced approach for understanding the geo-politics of this strategically critical area of the world. Focusing on China, Japan, Russia, and the Koreas, as well as the involvement of the United States, the contributors to the volume offer a timely and critical analysis of Northeast Asia. They collectively emphasize the different scales at which the region holds significance, and particularly note how the region is often granted significance by local political forces as well as national interests. Borderlands and sub-regions are especially important in this perspective, and the contributors show both how regionalism influences the people living in these areas and how they in turn shape the political priorities of states. At the same time, the worsening of relations between Japan and the Koreas and the increasing assertiveness of both China and Russia make it essential to understand the dynamics of the region, as well as how they have changed during and following the Trump era.