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An ethnography of young, single women struggling to live independently in South Korea. Living on Your Own is an ethnography of young, single women in South Korea who seek to live independently. Usin……続きを見る

Examines internal changes in North Korea under the expanding rule of Kim Jong Il. North Korea has long been a country of mystique, both provoking two nuclear crises and receiving aid from the intern……続きを見る

Offers biographical accounts of several of North Korea's leaders to illuminate the inner workings of its government. First published in Korean in 2016, Inside North Korea's Theocracy offers a fascin……続きを見る

The first scholarly book to address Korean geomancy through an interdisciplinary lens. This book is a milestone in the history of academic research on the development and role of geomancy (fengshui ……続きを見る

The first detailed analysis in English of monarchy and governance in Korea during King Chŏngjo's reign. Were the countries of Europe the only ones that were "early modern"? Was Asia's early modernit……続きを見る

A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea. This book provides a history of anarchism in Korea and challenges conventional views of Korean anarchism as merely part of nationalist ide……続きを見る

Reveals how policymaking traditions prior to democratization continue to resonate within current South Korean public policy advocacy practices. Who dominates in the contemporary policy process in So……続きを見る

Presents an indispensable survey of contemporary Korean politics. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary Korea and East Asia, this book provides a comprehensive and balanced introdu……続きを見る

The book examines the themes of cultural values, collective identity, political ideologies, and Korean cultural traditions throughout Korean language textbooks from the last 120 years. Through this ……続きを見る

From an award-winning historian, a concise overview of the deep and longstanding ties between China and the Koreas, providing an essential foundation for understanding East Asian geopolitics today. ……続きを見る

Historians of late premodern Korea have tended to regard it as a hermit kingdom, isolated from its neighbours and the wider world. In fact, as Ro argues in this book, Korean intellectuals were heavi……続きを見る

In the 19th century, Korea was still little known to the West. Korea was in a transition period changing into a modern country out of a feudatory state, Joseon. It was a time of hope and confusion. ……続きを見る

This book provides theoretical background and pastoral strategies for pastors, lay leaders, and congregation members to foster a restoration of the human dignity imputed by God and the good communit……続きを見る

Nordkorea gilt als rätselhaftes Land. Es bedroht die Nachbarn mit der Atombombe, kann seine Bevölkerung nicht ausreichend ernähren und betreibt geheime Straflager. Gleichzeitig wird das Bild einer h……続きを見る

The lineage novel flourished in Korea from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. These vast works unfold genealogically, tracing the lives of several generations. New storylines, ofte……続きを見る

Author William Elliot Griffis was invited to Japan to organize modern schools in 1870. He worked for the Japanese education as a lecturer, minister and author. Mr Griffis was a member of the Asiatic……続きを見る

**　　每個事件都與中國、世界歷史對照** **　　一目瞭然，給記憶一個重要的位置** **　　◎ 乾乾脆脆的，把韓國歷史一次給理清楚** 　　本書以歷史故事的形式為基礎，以時間為序，精選重大事件、風雲人物、輝煌成……続きを見る

Que segredos esconde um dos países mais reservados e perigosos do mundo? A Coreia do Norte sempre foi objeto de fascínio e preocupação por parte de todo o mundo. Um país reservado, misterioso e inac……続きを見る

Author Louise Jordan Miln was a successful actress. She and her husband’s theater company toured from Australia to Asia. Through this travel, she fell in love with Asia and wrote about it. Quaint Ko……続きを見る

Cold War crescendo: in the author’s first three volumes in a series on battles of the Korean War, North Korean forces cross the 38th Parallel, rolling back US and South Korean forces into a small co……続きを見る

By tracing the evolution of South Korean state-led capitalism and comparing it with other economies, this book critiques prevalent theories including neoliberalism, the developmental state, and inst……続きを見る

Explore North Korea, one of the most secretive countries in the world. This thoughtful book provides a concise introduction to North Korea. Two leading experts, Kongdan Oh and Ralph Hassig, trace th……続きを見る

This book is about both a person and an organization. The person, Ahn Chang Ho, a Korean visionary, moralist, and patriot, was born in 1878, a tumultuous time in Asia. Japan, a rising military and i……続きを見る

Using social movements as a prism to illuminate the oft-hidden history of 20th-century Korea, this book provides detailed analysis of major uprisings that have patterned that country’s politics and ……続きを見る

The Nuremberg Trials (Vol.9) by the International Military Tribunal is a comprehensive examination of the historic trials held after World War II to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. The book met……続きを見る

In Lost Modernities Alexander Woodside offers a probing revisionist overview of the bureaucratic politics of preindustrial China, Vietnam, and Korea. He focuses on the political and administrative t……続きを見る

Home to a rapidly rising superpower and the two largest economies in the world after the US, a global East Asia is seen and felt everywhere. This dynamic text views the global square from the perspe……続きを見る

In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The……続きを見る

**'Dreamy, immersive and evocative' TLS 'Darkly beautiful' Frances Cha 'Strange and gripping' Guardian** San is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling ……続きを見る

This is a fast-paced, highly readable account of the first year of the Korean Warーa time which was almost tragic for the Americans troops and the twenty million South Koreans involved. As the North……続きを見る