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How Japan took over Korea and set it up to manipulate and deplete its resources, and the challenges they faced from Korean opposition. I want you to narrow down the time period to 1919-36: Period of Cultural Rule. ‘Otherwise you face the challenge of trying to cover the entire period from 1895-1945. I want you to write how Japan established its colonial apparatus in Korea, so maybe you could focus on the 1900s debate over annexation and then the response by Korean opposition that culminated in 1919. (1919 March 1st Movement (Sam-il undong) is important.) A few resources that might help you are Peter Duus’ book ‘The Abacus and the Sword,’ Uchida Jun’s ‘Brokers of Empire,’ W. G. Beasley’s ‘Japanese Imperialism.