{"title":"Russell Burge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRussell Burge\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of historical and military themes, weaving detailed research with engaging narrative. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Promised Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers to reconsider pivotal moments and the forces shaping modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful perspectives that illuminate complex political and social developments, presented with clarity and depth. Burge’s writing is ideal for those seeking to deepen their understanding of history’s enduring impact on the present.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-promised-republic-by-russell-burge-9780674304819","title":"The Promised Republic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Promised Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, Russell Burge offers a bold new history of South Korea’s rapid development. By focusing on the experience of rural-to-urban migrants who built and lived in Seoul’s shantytowns, Burge historicises national development as a site of struggle with the urban poor at its centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat would a society of postcolonial abundance look like? Who was this society built for, and how would access to the city that formed its economic centre be claimed and defended? These were the questions at stake in the urban struggles of the 1960s and 1970s, an era when authorities found themselves caught between a mandate to create well-disciplined cities and the promise of broad uplift that legitimated their leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUtilising memoirs, interviews, newspapers, journals, photographs, literature, anthropological records, and critical as well as official sources, Burge reconstructs a not-altogether-vanished world and provides historical background of conflicts over urban access and inequality that continue to enrage and resonate to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47650595569900,"sku":"9780674304819","price":127.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674304819-the-promised-republic.jpg?v=1779328914"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/russell-burge.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}