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BL
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840277
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Brazinsky, Gregg
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| Title & Author
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Nation building in South Korea : : Koreans, Americans, and the making of a democracy /\ Gregg Brazinsky.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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New Cold War History
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (327 pages)
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| ISBN
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0807867799
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: 1469604868
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: 9780807867792
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: 9781469604862
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0807831204
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9780807831205
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.
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| Contents
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Security over Democracy; 2 Institution Building: Civil Society; 3 Institution Building: The Military; 4 Toward Developmental Autocracy; 5 Development over Democracy; 6 Engaging South Korean Intellectuals; 7 Molding South Korean Youth; 8 Toward Democracy; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Brazinsky explains why South Korea was one of the few postcolonial nations that achieved rapid economic development and democratization by the end of the twentieth century. He contends that a distinctive combination of American initiatives and Korean agency enabled South Korea's stunning transformation. Expanding the framework of traditional diplomatic history, Brazinsky examines not only state-to-state relations, but also the social and cultural interactions between Americans and South Koreans. He shows how Koreans adapted, resisted, and transformed American influence and promoted socioeconomic change that suited their own aspirations. Ultimately, Brazinsky argues, Koreans' capacity to tailor American institutions and ideas to their own purposes was the most important factor in the making of a democratic South Korea.
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Democracy-- Korea-- History-- 20th century.
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Democracy.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Economic history.
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HISTORY-- Asia-- Korea.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.
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Politics and government
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Korea (South), Economic conditions.
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Korea (South), Politics and government.
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Korea, Foreign relations, United States.
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United States, Foreign relations, Korea.
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Korea (South)
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Korea.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.7305195
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| LC Classification
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E183.8.K6
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