EH423 Half Unit
Japan and Korea as Developing Economies
This information is for the 2019/20 session.
Teacher responsible
Prof Janet Hunter SAR 604
Availability
This course is available on the MRes/PhD in Quantitative Economic History, MSc in Economic History, MSc in Economic History (Research), MSc in Global Economic History (Erasmus Mundus) and MSc in Political Economy of Late Development. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Course content
The course will focus on selected issues of economic development that are of importance in contemporary debates and theories, and see how these issues were played out in Japan and Korea from the late 19th century to the latter half of the 20th century. The main themes discussed will be: natural endowments and climatic impact; changes in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors; the growth of market production; issues of state policy; economic institutions; colonialism and imperialism; integration into the international economy; income levels and consumption; gender and development; culture and economy.
Teaching
20 hours of lectures in the MT.
Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.
Formative coursework
Students are expected to write one essay or equivalent pieces of written work.
Indicative reading
A.H.Amsden, Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialisation (1989); H-J Chang, The East Asian Development Experience (2006); Y-I.Chung, Korea Under Siege, 1876-1945: Capital Formation and Economic Transformation (2006); P.G.Francks, Japanese Economic Development (3rd edition, 2015); C.H.Lee & I.Yamazawa (eds.), Economic Development of Japan and Korea (1990).
Assessment
Essay (100%, 5000 words) in the LT Week 1.
Key facts
Department: Economic History
Total students 2018/19: Unavailable
Average class size 2018/19: Unavailable
Controlled access 2018/19: No
Value: Half Unit
