Forming the Academic Profession in East Asia: A Comparative Analysis. East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology, Culture. A Routledge Series.

This book is a comparative examination of the formation of the academic profession in Korea and Malaya, and later, South Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore, from colonial times. The analysis takes into account the connections and disconnections between the colonial and postcolonial periods in shaping the academic profession. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Ideal Typical Models"; (3) "The Colonial Period"; (4) "The Postcolonial Period"; and (5) "The Conclusion." (Contains 34 tables and 647 references.) (SLD)