It
is interesting to find that only some political
economists emphasize the fact that Japanese colonialism
in Korea played a large part in the development of a
high-growth economy. In both readings we get to see
that Japanese colonialism greatly differed from European
colonialism. In one way, this is because European
colonialism rarely introduced heavy industry into the
economy, or even pushed the economy with such a heavy
hand. As well, Japan left Korea with a relatively high
level of industrialization, not something we commonly
see with European colonialism. In Kohli's article we see
that Japan came into Korea at the very beginning of its
colonial rule and transformed the state, not just when
creating speedy economic growth. I liked this article
in that Kohli took a very systematic approach to writing
it, noting the many steps it took for Korea to
industrialize, as well as noting extensively the extent
to which Japan played a role. Bruce Cumings' article......
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