{"product_id":"from-miracle-to-mirage-the-making-and-unmaking-of-the-korean-middle-class-1960-2015-hardback-9781501710735","title":"From Miracle to Mirage; The Making and Unmaking of the Korean Middle Class, 1960-2015 (Hardback) 9781501710735","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Miracle to Mirage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Making and Unmaking of the Korean Middle Class, 1960-2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMyungji Yang (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501710735\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e204 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w halftone, 4 tables, 1 map, 6 graphs - 1 Halftones, black and white - 1 Maps - 6 Graphs - 4 Tables, unspecified\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e...I would encourage my readers to read From Miracle to Mirage. Yang writes clearly, the book's structure is sound, and fifteen pages of references indicate mastery of an extensive literature.\u003c\/p\u003e (Pacific Affairs) \u003cp\u003eThe study addresses a critical problem of housing among the Seoul middle class, and hopefully will draw others to examine the issue. It may be useful as a reference for graduate students and for researchers on urban topics.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Historical Review) \u003cp\u003eWhile Yang's findings have great importance as an explanation for the making and unmaking of middle-class consciousness in Korea, they have even greater value as a diagnosis of Korea's pathologies today.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Journal of Sociology)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyungji Yang's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Miracle to Mirage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a critical account of the trajectory of state-sponsored middle-class formation in Korea in the second half of the twentieth century. \u003c\/b\u003eYang's book offers a compelling story of the reality behind the myth of middle-class formation. Capturing the emergence, reproduction, and fragmentation of the Korean middle class, \u003ci\u003eFrom Miracle to Mirage\u003c\/i\u003e traces the historical process through which the seemingly successful state project of building a middle-class society resulted in a mirage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYang argues that profitable speculation in skyrocketing prices for Seoul real estate led to mobility and material comforts for the new middle class. She also shows that the fragility inherent in such developments was embedded in the very formation of that socioeconomic group.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking exception to conventional views, Yang emphasizes the role of the state in producing patterns of class structure and social inequality. She demonstrates the speculative and exclusionary ways in which the middle class was formed. Domestic politics and state policies, she argues, have shaped the lived experiences and identities of the Korean middle class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Miracle to Mirage\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a new interpretation of the reality behind the myth. Yang's analysis provides evidence of how in cultural and objective terms the country's rapid, compressed program of economic development created a deeply distorted distribution of wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702517723416,"sku":"9781501710735","price":37.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-miracle-to-mirage-the-making-and-unmaking-of-the-korean-middle-class-1960-2015-hardback-9781501710735","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}