Peasant Protest and Social Change in Colonial Korea

Gi-Wook Shin is director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, as well as holder of the Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies.

• PrefaceChronologyNote on RomanizationIntroductionExplaining Peasant Protest: An Integrated ViewSocial change and Land Tenure in Traditional KoreaColonialism and Korean Agriculture: Growth without DevelopmentTenant-Landlord Conflict, 1920-32: Ideology or Interest?The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part 1: An Overview & CritiqueThe Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part 2: History from BelowTenant-Landlord Conflict, 1933-39: Class and NationJapanese Militarism and Everyday forms of Resistance, 1940-44Historical Origins of Peasant Radicalism in Liberated KoreaConclusion: Toward Reform and RevolutionAppendix 1: Main Activities of Red Peasant UnionsAppendix 2: Peasant Radicalism Index in Relation to Number of Red Peasant Unions and Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Religious VariablesAppendix 3: Leadership Characteristics in Selected Red Peasant UnionsAppendix 4: List of Counties AnalyzedNotesBibliographyIndex

"A work of sterling scholarship - original, thorough, meticulous, sharply focused, cogently reasoned, and precise in expression. A weighty and groundbreaking study." -American Historical Review "Shows beautifully how ordinary people shaped history through their continuous struggles for a better life." -American Journal of Sociology