Prof Janet Hunter C420

This course is available on the MA Global Studies: A European Perspective, MSc in Economic History, MSc in Economic History (Research), MSc in Global History 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.

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 sector; 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.

20 hours of seminars in the MT. 4 hours of seminars in the ST.
Twenty hours of lectures/seminars in the Michaelmas Term and two hours of revision seminars in the Summer Term.

A.H.Amsden, Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialisation (1989); Y-I.Chung, Korea Under Siege, 1876-1945: Capital Formation and Economic Transformation (2006); P.G.Francks, Japanese Economic Development (2nd. edition, 1999); C.H.Lee & I.Yamazawa (eds.), Economic Development of Japan and Korea (1990); C.Mosk, Japanese Economic Development: Markets, Norms, Structures (2008).

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.

This course was not taught last year.