Stephan Haggard|David C. Kang|Chung?in Moon
Japanese colonialism and Korean development: A critique
University of California, San Diego|Dartmouth College|Yonsei University
new scholarship economic development korea focused beneficial effects japanese colonialism certain continuities koreas growth strategy world war ii challenge new revisionism growth record japanese occupation modest often thought greater discontinuities continuities colonial postwar eras political independence important factor subsequent growth trace turning point koreas longterm growth political policy institutional changes occurred following militarys seizure power 1961