Peasant Protest and Social Change in Colonial Korea

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chronology -- Note on Romanization -- Introduction -- 1/ Explaining Peasant Protest: An Integrated View -- 2/ Social Change and Land Tenure in Traditional Korea -- 3/ Colonialism and Korean Agriculture: Growth without Development -- 4/ Tenant-Landlord Conflict, 1920-32: Ideology or Interest? -- 5/ The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part I: An Overview and Critique -- 6/ The Red Peasant Union Movement, 1930-39, Part II: History from Below -- 7/ Tenant-Landlord Conflict, 1933-39: Class and Nation -- 8/ Japanese Militarism and Everyday Forms of Resistance, 1940-44 -- 9/ Historical Origins of Peasant Radicalism in Liberated Korea -- Conclusion: Toward Reform and Revolution -- Appendix 1: Main Activities of Red Peasant Unions -- Appendix 2: Peasant Radicalism Index in Relation to Number of Red Peasant Unions and Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Religious Variables -- Appendix 3: Leadership Characteristics in Selected Red Peasant Unions -- Appendix 4: List of Counties Analyzed -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.