Book
Modern Korea
Institute of Pacific Relations • New York • Published In 1944 • Pages:
By: Grajdanzev, Andrew J..
Abstract
Grajdanzev undertook this study as part of the international research program of the Institute of Pacific Relations. He critically appraises Japanese reports and statistics and the impressions of foreign observers in Korea. He cites four reasons for making the study: (a) Korea has a large population, a long history and was once in the forefront of the world's civilizations; (b) Korea has been a Japanese colony for thirty-two years and hence is important as an example of Japanese colonial administration; (c) the war current in the Pacific makes Korea important to the Japanese war economy; and (d) the eventual peace settlement will pose a problem as to what to do about Korea. The author concentrates on (b) using comparable data on the Japanese people using comparable data on the Japanese people as a yardstick to measure the degree to which the Koreans enjoy the prosperity and welfare promised to them by the Japanese emperor at the time of the annexation. Grajdanzev's evidence indicates that Korea suffered as a result of Japanese colonial policy. On the basis of his comparative analysis, Grajdanzev marshalls a body of evidence which indicates that real political power remained with the Japanese bureaucracy, that the Japanese maintained a virtual monopoly over Korean foreign trade, that Japanese (disproportionately to their actual number in the population) occupied social positions to which substantial power, wealth, and prestige accrued, and that the standard of living did not improve under Japanese control
- HRAF PubDate
- 1998
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Robert J. Smith ; 1952
- Field Date
- No date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Korea
- Notes
- [by] Andrew J. Grajdanzev
- Includes index and bibliography
- LCSH
- Koreans