Offspring of Empire: The Koch'ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945

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Part of the Kim family compound in Inch'on, as it looks today. The building in the photograph was originally the reception quarters of the Kim Kijung household. The gateway on the left leads to the household's family quarters, the roof of which is visible in the background. Kim Kijung. Kim Kyongjung. Kim Songsu (left) and Kim Yonsu as schoolboys in Tokyo. Kim Songsu in 1921. Kim Yonsu in 1921. Pak yonghyo. Saito Makoto. Aruga Mitsutoyo. Downtown Seoul (N amdaemun -no) in the 1930s. Partially visible on the extreme left and right are, respectively, the Bank of Chosen and the Seoul Post Office. An aerial view of the Kyongsong Spinning and Weaving Company in Yongdungp'o in the 1930s. Kyongbang's board of directors in the 1930s. Top (from left to right): Kim Chaesu, Yi Kanghyon, Ch'oe Tuson, Yun Chubok. Bottom (left to right): Min Pyongsu, Hyon Chunho, Kim Yonsu, Pak Hungsik. Calisthenics at Kyongbang's South Manchurian Spinning Company (1940s). The industrial commission of 1938, officially called the Chosen Government-General Commission on Policy for the Current Situation. Sekiya Teizaburo Kim Y6nsu (left) hosting a luncheon to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of Manchukuo (March 1942). Kim was the Honorary Consul-General of Manchukuo at the time. Required physical examinations in preparation for military conscription (Seoul 1942). The observer on the right is General Takahashi, Chief of Staff of the ChOsen Army. A Korean student soldier (hakpyong) about to enter the Japanese army. Training and "spiritual mobilization" in the Naisen Ittai period. ...