From Miracle to Mirage: The Making and Unmaking of the Korean Middle Class, 1960–2015. By Myungji Yang. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2018. 183 pp. $ 45.00 (cloth).
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DOI: 10.1017/jea.2019.3
Abstract: In From Miracle to Mirage, Myungji Yang challenges one of the prevalent narratives of modern Korea—that of South Korea’s spectacular economic growth. In this timely study, Yang seeks to explain the apparent contradiction of middle-class… read more here.
Keywords: middle class; class; miracle mirage; myungji yang ... See more keywords