Uniquely written from the perspective of industry analysts at the time (without knowledge of the Asian Fiscal Crisis), the book should prove informative to practitioners, scholars, and students interested in automotive history, international political economy, Asian studies, and more.
A.J. Jacobs is Professor of Sociology at East Carolina University, USA. He is author of Automotive FDI in Emerging Europe: Shifting Locales in the Motor Vehicle Industry (2017) and The Automotive Industry and European Integration: The Divergent Paths of Belgium and Spain (2019).
Part I The Rise of South Korea’s Auto Industry: Beginnings to 1996.- 1 Introduction and Overview: The Rise of the Korean Auto Industry.- 2 The State and Development in South Korea: From Yi to Early-Park.- 3 Park’s Engineering of a South Korean Auto Industry: Beginnings to 1979.- 4 The Korean Auto Industry’s Post-Park Emergence between Crises: 1980 to 1996.- Part II Korean Carmaker Stories, 1962 to 1996.- 5 Daewoo, Shinjin, and the Forerunners of GM Korea: Beginnings to 1996.- 6 Kia Motors, From Bikes to Cars: Beginnings to 1996.- 7 Hyundai Motor Part I: From Construction to Cars, Beginnings to 1987.- 8 Hyundai Motor Part II: Rapid Growth and Internationalization: 1987-1996.- 9 Dong-A and Shinjin Jeep Beget Ssangyong Motor: Beginnings to 1996.- 10 The Origins of Samsung Motors: Beginnings to 1996.- Part III Volume 1 - Conclusion and Summary.- 11 The Korean Auto Industry, 1962-1996: Summary, Conclusion, and Prelude to Volume 2.
