-- South Korea: A relentless quest for a second boom -- North Korea: Seeking normalcy since the demise of Kim Il …

This book, based upon the correspondence of William Nelson Lovatt, Korea's first commissioner of customs in Pusan …, looks at the informal imperialism exercised by China over Korea in the 1880s, as China's increasing interventionism affected … Lovatt's hiring, his experiences in Korea, and his eventual termination. - Provided by publisher …

Introduction: The development-geopolitics nexus in North Korea -- State building and late development in North Korea … specificities of North Korea's experience of late development, but also place it in a broader comparative context by understanding …

Preface and acknowledgments -- History, politics, and theory -- The capitalist unconscious : the Korea question -- The … in China -- Peace and human rights -- Korean unification as capitalist hegemony -- Permanent revolution in North Korea …