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Constructing “Korean” Origins

A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State-Formation Theories

By: Hyung Il Pai

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Constructing “Korean” Origins

A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State-Formation Theories

By: Hyung Il Pai

In this wide-ranging study, Hyung Il Pai examines how archaeological finds from throughout Northeast Asia have been used in Korea to construct a myth of state formation. This myth emphasizes the ancient development of a pure Korean race that created a civilization rivaling those of China and Japan and a unified state controlling a wide area in Asia. Through a new analysis of the archaeological data, Pai shows that the Korean state was in fact formed much later and that it reflected diverse influences from throughout Northern Asia, particularly the material culture of Han China.

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168417337X

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9781684173372

Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

The Politics of Antiquity and Identity

By: Hyung Il Pai

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Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

The Politics of Antiquity and Identity

By: Hyung Il Pai

Imperial tombs, Buddhist architecture, palaces, and art treasures in Korea and Japan have attracted scholars, collectors, and conservators—and millions of tourists. As iconic markers of racial and cultural identity at home and abroad, they are embraced as tangible sources of immense national pride and popular “must-see” destinations. This book provides the first sustained account to highlight how the forces of modernity, nationalism, colonialism, and globalization have contributed to the birth of museums, field disciplines, tourist industry, and heritage management policies. Its chapters trace the history of explorations, preservations, and reconstructions of archaeological monuments from an interregional East Asian comparative perspective in the past century.

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University of Washington Press

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0295804831

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9780295804835

Constructing “Korean” Origins

A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State-Formation Theories

By: Hyung Il Pai

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A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State-Formation Theories

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Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

The Politics of Antiquity and Identity

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The Politics of Antiquity and Identity

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Korean Skilled Workers

Toward a Labor Aristocracy

By: Hyung-A Kim

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Korean Skilled Workers

Toward a Labor Aristocracy

By: Hyung-A Kim

South Korea’s triumphant development has catapulted the country’s economy to the eleventh largest in the world. Large family-owned conglomerates, or chaebŏls, such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG, have become globally preeminent manufacturing brands. Yet Korea’s highly disciplined, technologically competent skilled workers who built these brands have become known only for their successful labor-union militancy, which in recent decades has been criticized as collective “selfishness” that has allowed them to prosper at the expense of other workers. Hyung-A Kim tells the story of Korea’s first generation of skilled workers in the heavy and chemical industries sector, following their dramatic transition from 1970s-era “industrial warriors” to labor-union militant “Goliat Warriors,” and ultimately to a “labor aristocracy” with guaranteed job security, superior wages, and even job inheritance for their children. By contrast, millions of Korea’s non-regular employees, especially young people, struggle in precarious and insecure employment. This richly documented account demonstrates that industrial workers’ most enduring goal has been their own economic advancement, not a wider socialist revolution, and shows how these individuals’ paths embody the consequences of rapid development.

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0295747226

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Constructing “Korean” Origins

Constructing “Korean” Origins

Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

Constructing “Korean” Origins

Constructing “Korean” Origins

Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

Heritage Management in Korea and Japan

Korean Skilled Workers

Korean Skilled Workers

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