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A four-year project, under the auspices of the Korea Foundation, has been under way since January 2001 to produce a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, descriptively annotated, classified, and indexed bibliography of all known Western-language doctoral dissertations that deal in whole or just in part with Korea and with Korean emigrants and students overseas. Studies not only in the humanities, the social and behavioral sciences, and education but also in the natural sciences, engineering, architecture, law and medicine are covered. Upon its completion and publication, this authoritative reference work will increase access to and stimulate greater use of a significant body of scholarship, offer an overview of research trends about Korea throughout the twentieth century, and enhance Korean Studies worldwide.

Preliminary bibliographical entries for 10,584 dissertations on Korea accepted by nearly eight hundred degree-awarding institutions between 1903 and 2000 have already been created within a master database. While more than two-thirds of these dissertations have been written in the United States, extensive efforts have also been made to cover doctoral research in many other countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong (China), Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, and Vatican City. ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR MANY OF THESE ENTRIES. Furthermore, some additional dissertations on Korea--particularly theses dealing with Korea in a broad framework (e.g., postwar economic development in Asia; comparative sociocultural studies)--are believed to exist and have yet to be identified.

Each bibliographical entry seeks to include the:

(1) Author's full name, year of birth, and an indication of his or her gender (male / female);

(2) Dissertation title and subtitle as well as their translation into English whenever the thesis typescript is in another language;

(3) Name and country of the degree-awarding institution, calendar year and type of the doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D., D.Min., Doctorat de 3e cycle, D.S.W., Dr.-Ing., Dr. jur., Ed.D., J.S.D.), and the author's academic major or department;

(4) Chairperson of the author's doctoral committee or his/her major thesis adviser, supervisor or director;

(5) Exact pagination of the entire dissertation typescript;

6) Bibliographical citations to all published thesis abstracts (for example, Dissertation Abstracts International) and an indication of the availability, or at least the location, of copies of the dissertation (including the University Microfilms International order number, in all appropriate cases);

(7) Descriptive, approximately 60-100 word long, annotation (in English) of the scope, contents, objectives, conclusions and/or relevance of the dissertation;

(8) Title of each chapter in the dissertation's table of contents. (An English-language translation is included for dissertations in Russian and in other Eastern European languages);

(9) Number of figures, maps, plates and tables (if any), number and inclusive pagination of the appendices (if any), and the inclusive pagination of the bibliography that concludes the dissertation;

(10) Bibliographical citations to one or more monographs published by the author that present the original text or a revised version of his/her dissertation.

The inclusion of an appendix of dissertations completed in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 that would contain some but not all of the aforementioned bibliographical information is likely as well. The appendix would be limited to those dissertations that come to our attention prior to the completion of the entire project.

Please help ensure that the completed bibliography is as comprehensive and authoritative as possible by contributing or verifying information about your own dissertation and/or those of your colleagues, students and other individuals who have written about Korea. Correspondence regarding the bibliographical entries that have already been drafted as well as contributions of new bibliographical information (including photocopies of the thesis title page, the table of contents, the thesis abstract, a few pages in the thesis typescript that specifically outline the objectives and organization of the dissertation, and the author's vita if it is included in the thesis) should be directed to:

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BYUN, Dae-Ho (1952- ).

North Korea's Foreign Policy of Juche and the Challenge of Gorbachev's New Thinking. University of Miami [United States], 1990 (Ph.D. in International Affairs). Chairperson/Major Adviser: Jiri Valenta. vii, 371, 1p. DAI 51, no.9 (Mar. 1991): 3214-A; UM 9104404.

Focusing on the ideological determinants of North Korea's international behavior, her relations with the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada, and her response to perestroika, Byun investigated the foreign policy of North Korea as an ally of the Soviet Union with particular regard to Latin America and the Caribbean. He considered such areas as the nature and sources of North Korea's activities overseas, her contributions to the world communist movement, and the likely impact of perestroika on her future international relations. Byun concluded that North Korea's international activities could be understood as an effort to maintain her alliance with other socialist countries and to increase her allies in the Third World.

Contents: 1. Introduction. Part One: Determinant: The Juche Ideology. 2. The Juche Ideology and Communism. 3. The Juche Ideology and National Policy-Making. Part Two: Case: Grenada. 4. North Korean Relations with Latin American and Caribbean Countries. 5. North Korea and the Revolutionary Regime of Grenada, 1979-1983: Ideology and National Interest. Part Three: The Challenge: New Thinking. 6. Gorbachev's New Thinking and the Future of North Korea. 7. Conclusion. 10 tables. Appendices [1-4]: pp.331-55. Bibliography: pp.356-71.

Published as North Korea's Foreign Policy: The Juche Ideology and the Challenge of Gorbachev's New Thinking, by Dae-Ho Byun. Seoul: Research Center for Peace and Unification of Korea, 1991. xiv, 274p. (Korean unification studies series, 13).

CHO, Choon-Hak.

A Study of Korean Pragmatics: Deixis and Politeness. University of Hawaii [United States], 1982 (Ph.D. in Linguistics). Chairperson/Major Adviser: Patricia A. Lee. viii, 198p. DAI 44, no.2 (Aug. 1983): 476-A; UM 8313525.

Basing his research on a wide range of spoken and written data sources, Cho described and accounted for the "actual use of deictic elements, especially honorifics, from a politeness perspective" in Korean. He argued that the principle of "self-humbling" (a highly valued traditional virtue) "underlines all of the politeness phenomena" in the Korean language and culture. In chapter 2, Cho "focused on deictic elements that anchor an utterance in terms of the speaker, addressee, time, place, and social context". Chapter 3, in turn, considers the "correlation between the formal-informal varieties" of the language and its function as a means of "reinforcing interpersonal relationships".

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Deixis. 3. Politeness. 4. Further Implications. Bibliography: pp.193-98.

Published as A Study of Korean Pragmatics: Deixis and Politeness, by Choon-Hak Cho. Seoul: Hanshin Publishing Company, 1982. viii, 198p.

DEUCHLER, Martina (1935- ).

The Opening of Korea, 1875-1884. Harvard University [United States], 1967 (Ph.D. in History and Far Eastern Languages). Chairperson/Major Adviser: John K. Fairbank. v, 322p. No published abstract. Copies are available at the Harvard University Archives (Pusey Library, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, U.S.A.), call no.HU 90.9137.5 Harvard Depository, and at the Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, call no.Rare (W) TW-HU 90.9137.5 B.

An account of the opening of Korea to both Japan and the West that covers such topics as the missions of Moriyama Shigeru and Kuroda Kiyotaka to Korea; Kim Ki-su's mission to Japan; the opening of Pusan, Wonsan and Inch'on; the taxation of trade at Pusan; Korea's conclusion of treaties with Japan, the United States, Great Britain and Germany; the Sino-Japanese rivalry over the peninsula; and the establishment of foreign settlements in Korea. Deuchler concluded that Korea's "response to the outside world was limited in scope as well as in depth" because she was "unprepared at the outset and painfully slow in adjusting". Furthermore, Korea's "tributary heritage weighed heavily" on her and "may have been the major factor that stunted" her subsequent growth.

Contents: Preface. 1. Korea on the Eve of the Opening. 2. The Break with the Past: The Conclusion of the Korean-Japanese Treaty. 3. Diplomacy and Trade: The Opening of the Korean Ports. 4. Korea on the Threshold of a New Age: Reform and Reaction. 5. Korea between East and West. 6. Korea after the Opening: Consolidation of Positions. Conclusion. Bibliography: pp.305-17. Glossary of Proper Names and Terms: pp.318-22.

Published as Confucian Gentlemen and Barbarian Envoys: The Opening of Korea, 1875-1885, by Martina Deuchler. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1977. xiv, 310p.

GARDINER, Kenneth Herbert James.

The Rise and Development of the Korean Kingdom of Koguryo from the Earliest Times to A.D. 313. University of London [United Kingdom], 1964 (Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies). Chairperson/Major Adviser: W. G. Beasley and D. C. Twitchett. vii, 527p. No published abstract. BLDSC [British Library Document Supply Centre] no.DX202459. A microfilm copy is available at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois.

A chronologically arranged synthesis of Korea's earliest history, starting from before the Han conquest in 108 B.C., that sought to "bring together what was known or could be surmised concerning the early development of Koguryo until that kingdom succeeded in overrunning the last Chinese commanderies in Korea". Analyzing and comparing all available sources including brief accounts and references in the Chinese dynastic histories and "legendary material retold in Sino-Korean chronicles", Gardiner indicated some of the possible variations in the interpretations and hypotheses regarding social, economic, and cultural activities on the Korean peninsula and traced Koguryo's changing relations with China as the kingdom expanded its power.

Contents: 1. General Characteristics of the History of Koguryo, and the Nature of the Sources from Which It Is Obtained. 2. The Background to the Struggle between China and Koguryo: Korea before the Chinese Conquest. 3. The Han Commanderies in Korea. 4. Kao-chü-li and Kao-chü-li hsien. 5. The Legend of the Founding of Koguryo. 6. Koguryo and the Chinese Commanderies during the First Century A.D. 7. The Internal Organisation of Independent Koguryo: The King and the Clans. 8. A Note Concerning the Royal Line of Koguryo in the First Century A.D. 9. The Beginnings of Continuous History: The Reign of King Kung (Part One). 10. The Reign of King Kung (Part Two). 11. The Successors of King Kung and the Chinese Recovery. 12. Koguryo and Its Relation to Han China and the Northern Peoples. 13. Koguryo and the Kung-sun Lordship of Liaotung. 14. Koguryo and the Wei Dynasty: The Chinese Reconquest of Korea. 15. Koguryo and the Last Phase of Chinese Occupation in Korea 246-313. 1 map. 2 tables. Appendices [1-3]: pp.446-506. Bibliography: pp.507-18.

Published in part as The Early History of Korea: The Historical Development of the Peninsula up to the Introduction of Buddhism in the Fourth Century A.D., by K.H.J. Gardiner. Canberra: Centre of Oriental Studies in association with the Australian National University Press; Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1969. viii, 78p. (Oriental monograph series, no.8).

KEATS, Daphne Mavis (1925- ).

A Cross-Cultural Study of the Development of Cognitive Structures in University Students, with Special Reference to Asian Students in the University of Queensland. University of Queensland [Australia], 1969 (Ph.D. in Education). Chairperson/Adviser: George William Bassett and William John Campbell. viii, 342, 273, 6p. and one sound tape of excerpts from interviews in the back pocket of volume 2. Fryer Library call number: THE 4368. Contact the Fryer Library, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Qld. 4072, Australia) regarding the availability of copies. A microfiche copy is available at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois.

A longitudinal, cross-cultural investigation of the process by which the attitudes, perceptions and behavior of 317 Asian students including one from Korea changed in the wake of their experiences at the University of Queensland. Keats traced those changes from the students' initial encounter with culture shock through the "slower change that occurred and became evident only after years of living abroad". Using a Lewinian conceptual framework, she identified not only the cognitive and other behavior-related differences between Asian and Australian university students and the ways in which they were reduced over time but also some of the attitudes and behaviors that they shared in common.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Approaches to the Study of Foreign Students. 3. Theoretical Orientation. 4. Methodological Problems. 5. Research Methods. 6. The Cognitive Regions. 7. The Vocational Regions. 8. The Social Regions: I. Sociological Background. 9. The Social Regions: II: Attitudes and Group Participation. 10. Interpersonal Regions. 11. Changes in Cognitive Structure. 12. Conclusion. 13 figures. 55 tables. Appendices [1-4]: vol.2, pp.1-257. Bibliography: vol.2, pp.258-73.

Related publication: Back in Asia: A Follow-Up Study of Australian-Trained Asian Students, by Daphne M. Keats. Canberra: Department of Economics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1969. ix, 190p.

KIM, Dong Whan.

Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Program of Mobilizing 1.5 Generation Korean-Americans to Be Tentmakers in Norwalk Boulevard Baptist Church. Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary [United States], 1997 (D.Min.). Chairperson/Adviser: Gary W. McCoy and Paul E. Hall. vi, 202p. Contact the Golden Gate Seminary Library (201 Seminary Drive, Mill Valley, Calif. 94941-3197, U.S.A.) regarding the availability of copies.

Kim, the founding pastor of Norwalk Boulevard Baptist Church (Whittier, California), developed, implemented and evaluated a project to train Korean Americans who were born in Korea but educated in the United States to be "tentmakers, or self-supporting witnesses" for the "evangelization of the world". He accomplished this project by training four members of his congregation in the "basic foundations of tentmaking", using English-language teaching materials that he designed to provide them with a "broad knowledge of tentmaking and missions". Kim's dissertation not only presents a detailed account of his work but also includes a set of his instructional materials and the results of various tests and examinations.

Contents: Introduction. 1. Theological Rationale. 2. Theoretical Presuppositions. 3. Preparation and Objectives of the Project. 4. Report on Project Implementation. 5. Analysis and Evaluation of the Project. 6. Conclusion. 8 figures. 1 table. Appendices [A-X]: pp.100-93. Bibliography: pp.194-201.

KIM, Sang Mu.

A Comparative Study of Pulguk-sa and Haein-sa Temples as Tourist Destinations in Korea. University of Surrey [United Kingdom], 1989 (Ph.D. in Management Studies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industries). Chairperson/Adviser: Stephen Wanhill. 448p. Abstracted in Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland, vol.39, pt.1, entry no.39-0349. BLDSC [British Library Document Supply Centre] no.DX77445. A microfilm copy is available at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois.

Kim conducted in-depth surveys of 218 shopowners, eighty-two senior temple monks, and a number of randomly selected visitors at Pulguk-sa and Haein-sa (two major Buddhist temples) during the mid-1980s. Using these data as well as information obtained through interviews with local and national government officials, he constructed input-output tables of the tourist trade and business in Kyongju City (Pulguk-sa Temple) and Kaya Myon (Haein-sa Temple). This enabled him to obtain an overall perspective of the sociocultural and economic impact of tourism at these two sites and to provide a set of policy recommendations for improving them as popular tourist destinations.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Tourism in Korea. 3. The Buddhist Temples as Tourist Attractions. 4. The Significance of Pulguk-sa and Haein-sa Temples. 5. An Analysis of the Visitors' Survey in Pulguk-sa and Haein-sa Temples. 6. Analysis of Research Surveys on Business Proprietors and Monks at the Temple Sites. 7. Analysis of Economic Structure of Kyongju and Kaya. 8. Impact of Tourist Expenditure and Investment on the Regional Economy. 9. Developing the Temple Sites. 98 figures. 125 tables. Appendices [19]: pp.32-34, 120-29, 251-77, 311-17, 378-82. Bibliography: pp.434-48.

KING, Julian Ross Paul (1961- ).

Russian Sources on Korean Dialects. Harvard University [United States], 1991 (Ph.D. in Linguistics). Chairperson/Adviser: Calvert Watkins and Samuel E. Martin, 6, vii, 498p. DAI 52, no.5 (Nov. 1991): 1732-33-A; UM 913195.

King analyzed the "phonetics, phonology, morphosyntax and lexicon of the dialect materials"—principally on archaic varieties of the Yukchin dialect from North Hamkyeng Province (Hamgyongbuk-Do) spoken by Koreans who began emigrating to the Russian Far East during the 1860s—that are preserved in Russian-language publications from the mid-1870s to the early 1900s. He also indicated "how a philological approach to non-Korean sources on Korean…could shed light on Korean linguistics in general and on Korean dialectology and historical linguistics in particular"; accounted for certain peculiarities of the Yukchin and North Hamkyeng dialects; and "reconstructed their development through comparisons with twentieth-century Seoul Standard Korean and fifteenth-century Late Middle Korean".

Contents: 1. Introduction and Pre-Putsillo Sources. 2. Putsillo's Russian-Korean Dictionary (1874). 3. Post-Putsillo Amateur Russian Sources on Korean (1875-1913). 4. Kim Pyeng-ok's Koreiskie Teksty (1898) and Posobie k Izucheniiu Koreiskago Iazyka (1899). 5. Two Korean Language Guides from the Russo-Japanese War. 6. Accent in the Russian Sources. 4 maps. Bibliography: pp.485-98.

KWAK, Ki-Sung (1959- ).

The Role of the State in Television Broadcasting in Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Victoria University of Technology [Australia], 1996 (Ph.D. in Humanities). Chairperson/Adviser: John Sinclair. xvi, 348p. 40 diagrams. 5 figures. 3 illustrations. Contact the Victoria University Library, Footscray Park Campus (P.O. Box 14428 MMC, Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Australia) regarding the availability of copies. A photocopy is available at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois.

Kwak compared the "context in which television regulation was shaped and developed" in Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, the relationships that evolved between television broadcasters and the state, and the various practices that individual governments adopted in order to regulate television programming and broadcasting. He showed that the state played a central role in television broadcasting and could exert its control "through the basic regulatory framework". By comparing the role of the state in all three countries, Kwak demonstrated that political factors exerted a greater influence than economic and technological change on the nature and practice of government control over television broadcasting.

Contents: Part One: Review of the Role of the State in Television Broadcasting. 1. The Historical Role of the State in Television Broadcasting. 2. Current Issues Concerning the Role of the State in Television Broadcasting. Part Two: Research Framework. 3. Research Design and Methodology. Part Three: Television Broadcasting and Its Control in Individual Countries: Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. 4. The Role of the State in Television Broadcasting in Hong Kong. 5. The Role of the State in Television Broadcasting in Japan. 6. The Role of the State in Television Broadcasting in Korea. Part Four: Comparison of the Role of the State in Television Broadcasting in Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. 7. Comparison of the Regulatory History and Structure of Television Broadcasting in Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. 8. Comparison of the Relationship Between the State and Television Broadcasters. 9. Comparison of State's Control Over Television Operation and Programming in Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. Part Five: Conclusion. 10. Conclusion. Bibliography: pp.318-46.

LIDGARD, Jacqueline May (1938- ).

Northeast Asian Migration: Recent Change in New Zealand's International Migration System. University of Waikato [New Zealand], 1998 (Ph.D. in Geography). xvii, 431p. University of Waikato Library call number: JV9262.L53 1998. Contact the University of Waikato Library (Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand) regarding the availability of copies.

Using survey data obtained from forty-two interviews and world-systems analysis, Lidgard examined immigration from China, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan, 1986-1996, within the "context of the restructuring of global capitalism" as the government of New Zealand adopted such Australian and Canadian practices as the points system in its effort "to use immigration policy to attract skilled and wealthy immigrants". She recommended that New Zealand implement a "flexible immigration policy more attuned to the needs of citizens who were part of a transnational circulatory migration process". See especially chapter 6 (pp.210-61): "The Employment and Settlement of Northeast Asian Migrants in New Zealand in the 1990s".

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. International Migration and Globalisation. 3. International Migration in the Traditional Countries of Immigration: A Comparative Perspective. 4. Transformations in New Zealand's International Migration System: 1981-1986. 5. International Migration and Population Change in New Zealand, 1986-1996. 6. The Employment and Settlement of Northeast Asian Migrants in New Zealand in the 1990s. 7. Review and Prospect. figures. tables. Appendices [A-B]: pp.294-365. Bibliography: pp.371-431.

Published in part as Immigrants From Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in the Mid-1990s: Macro and Micro Perspectives, by Jacqueline Lidgard, et al. Hamilton, N.Z.: Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, 1998. vii, 55p.; International Migration From Northeast Asia and Population Change in New Zealand, 1986 to 1996, by Jacqueline Lidgard, Richard Bedford and Joanne Goodwin. Hamilton, N.Z.: Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, 1998. v, 42p.; and Transformations in New Zealand's International Migration System: 1981-1996, by Jacqueline Lidgard, Richard Bedford and Joanne Goodwin. Hamilton, N.Z.: Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, 1998. v, 61p.

MALIANGKAY, Roald Heber (1966- ).

Handling the Intangible: The Protection of Folksong Traditions in Korea. University of London [United Kingdom], 1999 (Ph.D. in Music, School of Oriental and African Studies). Chairperson/Adviser: Keith Howard. 329p. and one compact disk containing sixteen folk songs in an end pocket. Abstracted in Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland, vol.51, pt.7, entry no.51-14626. BLDSC [British Library Document Supply Centre] no.DX222569. A microfilm copy is available at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois.

On the efforts of the South Korean government to protect folksong traditions by designating them as national treasures (Chungyo muhyong munhwajae, or important intangible cultural properties) and by regulating their transmission through the appointment of poyuja. Maliangkay paid particular attention to the legislation's history and socio-political context, and to traditions from Seoul and Kyonggi Province, such as Paebaengi kut and Sonsori sant'aryong. By examining government reports, recordings and available transcriptions and through interviews, he found that the practical difficulties of appointing representatives were difficult to overcome. While the legislation succeeded in promoting Korea's heritage, Maliangkay concluded that it failed to preserve the appointed traditions.

Contents: 1. Introduction: Concepts and Purpose of Study. 2. Defining Folksongs. 3. Legislation. 4. Appointing Issues. 5. Professional Genres: Kyonggi minyo and Sonsori sant'aryong. 6. Professional Genres: Sodo sori. 7. Amateur Genres. 8. Conclusion. 2 maps. 8 tables. Appendices [1-5]: pp.268-88. Glossary: pp.289-302. Bibliography: pp.303-27. CD-contents: pp.328-29.

MOON, Chung In (1951- ).

Political Economy of Third World Bilateralism: The Saudi Arabian-Korean Connection 1973-1983. University of Maryland at College Park [United States], 1984 (Ph.D. in Government and Politics). Chairperson/Major Adviser: Dennis C. Pirages. viii, 396p. DAI 46, no.5 (Nov. 1985): 1393-A; UM 8514563.

Moon applied a model of intra-South bilateral economic relations to an analysis of the relations that developed between Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Korea during the 1970s. He demonstrated that they and other Third World countries pursued bilateral ties in order to cope with economic change and that they undertook "a conscious and calculated state strategy to diversify external dependence and to reduce systemic vulnerabilities". Pessimistic about the future of this connection, Moon concluded that "Saudi-ization was and would be the primary barrier to Korea's efforts to continue its economic relationship with Saudi Arabia".

Contents: 1. Introduction: Global Interdependence and Third World Bilateralism. 2. Theories of Bilateralism: Search for independent Variables. 3. The Saudi Arabian-Korean Connection: An Overview of Historical and Empirical Dimensions. 4. Preconditions for the Rise of the Saudi Arabian-Korean Connection. 5. Entrepreneurial Dynamism and the Formation of a Business Connection. 6. State Strategies and the Evolving Nature of the Saudi Arabian-Korean Connection. 7. Conclusion: Theoretical and Practical Implications. 5 diagrams. 13 figures. 30 tables. Bibliography: pp.374-96.

PYUN, Kwang-soo.

Korean-Swedish Interlanguage Phonology. Stockholms Universitet [University of Stockholm] [Sweden], 1987 (Ph.D. in Oriental Languages). Chairperson/Adviser: Seung-bog Cho. viii, 171p.

With thirty-six students of Swedish at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul) as his subjects, Pyun tried to identify and account for the types and sources of errors at the segmental level that occur in the pronunciation of Swedish by native speakers of Korean and to "investigate the role of phonological rules in the development of Korean-Swedish interlanguage". He described the phonological systems of Korean and Swedish in order to "provide a basis for their structural comparison within the generative framework", examined the influence of English-language orthography—the students' first foreign language—on their errors, used contrastive analysis to describe the linguistic interference, and analyzed the students' interlanguage behavior in terms of phonological rules.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Phonological Structure of Korean. 3. Phonological Structure of Swedish. 4. Interlanguage Phenomena in the Swedish Speech of Koreans. 5. The Role of Phonological Rules in Korean-Swedish Interlanguage. 6. Summary and Conclusion. 1 figure. 14 tables. Bibliography: pp.161-72.

Published as Korean-Swedish Interlanguage Phonology, by Kwang-soo Pyun. Stockholm: Institute of Oriental Languages, University of Stockholm; Seoul: Hanshin Publishing Company, 1987. viii, 171p. (Koreanological studies, 2).

SCHRÖTER, Walter (1880- ).

Korea und die riasverwandten Küsten dieser Halbinsel. [Text in German: The Coasts of the Korean Peninsula and Their Relation to the Lias Period.] Universität Leipzig [University of Leipzig] [Germany], 1903 (Dr. phil., Hohe Philosophische Fakultät: Studium von Mathematik, Physik und Geographie). Chairperson/Adviser: Friedrich Ratzel. 66, i p. and one folded map. A printed copy is available at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago.

Following overviews of the evolution of coastal geography as a subject of scientific inquiry and of Western knowledge about Korea, Schröter described the coastal formation of Korea by means of an extended tabular survey of measurements of the distance (in meters) between numerous points along the peninsula's eastern, southern and western coasts. These measurements were obtained using Dr. Ules' "Parallelkurvimeter". Schröter's conclusions regarding the overall development of these coasts were drawn from his study of the geological formations along the eastern coast. A comparison was also made between Korea's coasts and similarly formed coasts elsewhere in the world. The Lias period is a geological subdivision of the Jurassic period.

Contents: A. Entwicklungsgeschichte der Küstengeographie. B. Korea. C. Bemerkungen über die Küstenlänge der Erde. 1 map. Appendix: Map. Bibliographical footnotes.

Published as Korea und die riasverwandten Küsten dieser Halbinsel, by Walter Schröter. Leipzig: Druck von Metzger & Wittig, 1904. 66, i p. and one map.

SCHUHBAUER, Esther (1960- ).

Wechselkursmanagement, Zahlungsbilanzüberschusse und Kapitalbildung. Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse am Beispiel ostasiatischer Schwellenländer. [Text in German: Management of Foreign Exchange Rates, Balance of Payments Surplus, and Capital Formation: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Exemplified by the Developing Countries of East Asia.] Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München [University of Munich] [Germany], 1993 (Dr. oec. publ., Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät). Chairperson/Adviser: Anton Konrad. x, 313p.

Attributing the rapid economic development of Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan during the 1970s and 1980s to their adoption of export promotion policies that "culminated in growing balance of trade and balance of current account surpluses", Schuhbauer set out to demonstrate both theoretically and empirically "how and why an export-led growth policy could be a successful development strategy". She also discussed and documented the importance of managing an active foreign exchange rate policy and sought to determine how "high growth rates, full employment and export surpluses" could be compatible with "the standard statements of macroeconomics and the traditional growth theory".

Contents: 1. Beschreibung und Beurteilung von Wechselkursentwicklung und Wechselkursmanagement. 2. Gesamtwirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Abwertungen. 3. Die Wirkung des Wechselkurses auf die Investitionsnachfrage. 4. Handelsbilanz, Kapitalakkumulation und Wachstum. 5. Wechselkursmanagement, Zahlungsbilanzüberschusse und Kapitalbildung. 80 figures. 15 tables. Bibliography: pp.283-310.

Published with a summary in English as Wechselkursmanagement, Zahlungsbilanzüberschusse und Kapitalbildung. Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse am Beispiel ostasiatischer Schwellenländer, by Esther Schuhbauer. München: Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Weltforum-Verlag, 1993. x, 313p. (Ifo-Forschungsberichte der Abteilung Entwicklungsländer, Nr.80).

WALRAVEN, Boudewijn Christiaan Alexander (1947- ).

Muga: The Songs of Korean Shamanism. [With a summary in Dutch.] Rijksuniversiteit Leiden [Leiden University] [The Netherlands], 1985 (Doctor in de Letteren). Chairperson/Adviser: Frits Vos. ix, 251p. A printed copy is available at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois.

An analysis of the muga that have been transmitted by generations of "professional religious specialists who act as mediators between the world of the supernatural and the world of man". The dissertation includes studies of the diction of these songs, their relationship to myths and folktales, the "place of the Sim Ch'ong muga within the Sim Ch'ong traditions as a whole", and the Kyemyon kut muga, "which deals with some of the most important aspects of a mudang's life". Walraven shows that the "muga have undergone great changes in the course of time and have absorbed influences from many quarters".

Contents: Preface. 1. The Mudang, Their Rituals and Their Gods. 2. Muga and Muga Collections. 3. The Transmission of the Muga. 4. The Interpretation of the Muga. 5. Formal Characteristics of the Muga. 6. The Muga and Other Forms of Traditional Literature. 7. Sim Ch'ong Kut Muga. 8. Songju Muga. 9. The Kyemyon Kut. Summary of General Conclusions. Bibliography: pp.225-35.

Printed with a summary in Dutch as Muga: The Songs of Korean Shamanism, by Boudewijn Christiaan Alexander Walraven. Dordrecht: ICG Printing, 1985. ix, 251p. Published as Songs of the Shaman: The Ritual Chants of the Korean Mudang, by Boudewijn Walraven. London and New York: Kegan Paul International, 1994. x, 307p.

YI, Young-suk (1948- ).

Liberal Protestant Leaders Working for Social Change: South Korea, 1957-1984. University of Oregon [United States], 1990 (Ph.D. in Sociology). Chairperson/Major Adviser: Benton Johnson. xvii, 288p. DAI 51, no.8 (Feb. 1991): 2779-A; UM 9101991.

Yi investigated the "social and cultural sources" of the ideas that were advanced by a group of reform-minded, active Protestant laity, theologians and clergy who emerged in 1957 within a predominantly conservative church. She placed these leaders in both an historical and political context, discussed the sociopolitical positions that they held between the mid-1960s and the mid-1970s, examined the subsequent modification of their perspectives with the development of the concept of minjung, and "evaluated the impact of liberal Protestant theology as a force for change". Yi was particularly concerned with the proposals for social change contained in their message and with analyzing their writings to determine the motivation behind their social proposals.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Theoretical Considerations. 3. Historical Background. 4. The Emergence of the Liberal Protestant Leaders, 1957 to the Mid-1960's. 5. The Development of Liberal Protestantism from Mid-1960's through Mid-1970's: For the Humanization of Society. 6. The Leaders' Desire for the Decentralization of Power. 7. How the Concept of Minjung Modified the Liberal Leaders' Views: Mid-1970's through 1984. 8. The Third Position: An Alternative to the Existing System. 9. Conclusion. 2 figures. 7 tables. Appendix: pp.246-47. Bibliography: pp.248-88.

NOTE: Upon its completion and publication (tentatively as a three-volume reference work), "A Century of Doctoral Dissertations on Korea" is expected to be similar in several respects to Doctoral Dissertations on Hong Kong, 1900-1997: An Annotated Bibliography. With an Appendix of Dissertations Completed in 1998 and 1999. Compiled and edited by Frank Joseph Shulman and Anna Leon Shulman. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2001 [Distributed in the United States by the University of Washington Press]. xxxvii, 823p. (University of Hong Kong Libraries publications, no.12). ISBN 962-209-397-3. This reference work is a definitive guide to 2,395 dissertations accepted by institutions of higher learning throughout the world.

March 10, 2004

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