Labor movement and labor policy under the American military government in Korea, 1945-1948

During the occupation period AMG confronted strong Korean opposition to many labor-management policies. The use of naked force rather than effective administration was the major AMG strategic approach. AMG openly and actively aided former collaborators of the Japanese colonial government and rightist politicians while destroying the largest workers' mass organization on the ground that it was dominated by leaders allied or sympathetic to the Soviet dominated North Korean government. This was the case even though AMG supported conservative political groups had lost mass legitimacy because of their collaboration with Japanese rule.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Cho, Byung-Koo

Contributors dc:contributor

• Karsh, Bernard

• History, Modern
• Political Science, International Law and Relations
• Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Cho, Byung-Koo

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9124396
(UMI)AAI9124396

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19632