Shrimp to WhaleRamon Pacheco PardoLabel: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdDescription: Charts the incredible rise of South Korea from colonisation and civil war to today’s thriving nation. South Korea has a remarkable history. Born from the ashes of imperial domination partition and a devastating war back in the 1950s there were real doubts about its survival as an independent state. Yet South Korea endures: today it is a boisterous democracy a vibrant market economy a tech powerhouse and home to the coolest of cultures. In just seventy years this society has grown from a shrimp into a whale.What explains this extraordinary transformation? For some it was individual South Koreans who fought to change their country and still strive to shape it. For others it was forward-looking political and business leaders with a vision. Either way it’s clear that this is the story of a people who dreamt big and whose dreams came true.Shrimp to Whale is a lively history of South Korea from its millennia-old roots through the division of the Peninsula dictatorship and economic growth to today’s global powerhouse.
