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Hardcover: 9780393040111, W W Norton & Co Inc, March 1, 1997, cover price $35.00
Paperback: 9780393327021, Updated edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, September 1, 2005), cover price $18.95; and 9780393316810, W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 1998, cover price $20.60
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History
A narrative chronicle of modern Korea focuses on the country's turbulent twentieth-century history, discussing its 1910 loss of independence, its years under Japanese rule, its division and the Korean War, and its postwar recovery and economic growth
(view table of contents)- Sources of Korean Tradition
- Sources of Korean Tradition
- A Concise History of Korea
- Korea Old and New
- The Two Koreas
Product Description: In his "immensely illuminating and accessible history" (Kirkus Reviews), Bruce Cumings delivers a memorable narrative of Korea's fractured modern history. Beginning with an overview of the cultural and political traditions of this accomplished civilization, Cumings dwells on Korea's long twentieth century, a period of colonial exploitation by Japan, war, and national division. His chapters on the Korean War show clearly just how close the world came to a nuclear holocaust. He then explores the economic resurgence and political turmoil that keep Korea in the headlines. Finally, he traces the significance of the Korean migration to the United States.
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