HIST 4195 Lecture : Korean History Week Seven Tuesday Lecture
Document Summary
Colonial period- clashes between old and new classes. Yangban vs industrialists (forefront of new political, social power) Clashes of ideologies- confucian-style government, capitalism, communism. Strong state, weak civil society: colonial government- strong control over society continues afterwards, society stays weak. Active and passive resistance: some are actively resisting, some passively resisting, continuous industrialization, commercialization of korea. It was people"s republic : sounds like a communist country, assumed rhee was a puppet, august 10, 11- ussr and us divide the peninsula at the 38th parallel, ignore rhee, 38th parallel- divided very informally. Americans- get both seoul and kaesong, modern and former capitals (the only capital they didn"t get- pyongyang) Seen as a starting point for negotiation but the soviets accepted. During wwii- already planned for multiparty trusteeship of korea: keijo, korea- japanese name for seoul. 10 mile border with ussr, near vladivostok. People"s committees- local groups of people who wanted to transition power from japanese to.
