Building Ships, Building a Nation: Korea's Democratic Unionism Under Park Chung Hee (Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies)

Building Ships, Building a Nation: Korea's Democratic Unionism Under Park Chung Hee (Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies)

by HwasookBergquistNam (Author)

Synopsis

Examines the rise and fall, during the rule of Park Chung Hee (1961-79), of the combative labor union at the Korea Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation (KSEC), which was Korea's largest shipyard until Hyundai appeared on the scene in the early 1970s. This work focuses on the perceptions, attitudes, and discourses of the heavy-industry workers.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 25 May 2009

ISBN 10: 0295988673
ISBN 13: 9780295988672