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Seoul’s shantytown dwellers fueled South Korea’s rise, fighting for their share.
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The Promised Republic
developmental society and the making of modern seoul, 1961-1979
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360 pages
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22 June 2026
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Seoul’s Shacks: A People’s History of South Korea’s Rise
In The Promised Republic, Russell Burge offers a bold new history of South Korea’s rapid development. By focusing on the experience of rural-to-urban migrants who built and lived in Seoul’s shantytowns, Burge historicizes national development as a site of struggle with the urban poor at its center.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674304819 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674304810 |
| Author: | Russell Burge |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 22 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
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Russell Burge
Russell Burge is Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Korean History at Indiana University Bloomington.
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