Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization (Oxford Paperbacks)
By: Alice H. Amsden
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
South Korea has been quietly growing into a major economic force that is even challenging some Japa…
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4.16
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
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3.83
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
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By: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
4.58
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
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5. MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975
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3.75
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4.15
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3.51
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
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12. Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization (Oxford Paperbacks)
By: Alice H. Amsden
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
South Korea has been quietly growing into a major economic force that is even challenging some Japa… read more
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- economics
