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Choice Outstanding Title When the major powers sent troops to the Korean peninsula in June of 1950, it supposedly marked the start of one of the last century’s bloodiest conflicts. Allan Millett, ho……続きを見る

The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of Korea's central officialdom during the transition from the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) to the Choso……続きを見る

Seventeenth-century Korea was a country in crisisーsuccessive invasions by Hideyoshi and the Manchus had rocked the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), which already was weakened by maladministration, inter……続きを見る

An extraordinary memoir by a North Korean woman who defied the government to keep her family alive. Born in the 1970s, Lucia Jang grew up in a common, rural North Korean householdーher parents worke……続きを見る

이 책은 우리나라의 역사 중에서 사람들이 꼭 좀 알아야 할 100가지 주제를 선별하여 알기 쉽게 풀이한 재미있는 책이다. 호암 문일평이 연재했던 것을 호암 문일평이 죽은 뒤에 대한금융조합연합회에서 엮은 책이……続きを見る

As the two billion YouTube views for “Gangnam Style” would indicate, South Korean popular culture has begun to enjoy new prominence on the global stage. Yet, as this timely new study reveals, the na……続きを見る

The period spanning the 1880s to 1945 was a crucially important formative time for Korea, during which understandings of modernity were largely shaped by the images of Korea’s neighbours to the east……続きを見る

The Choson state (1392–1910) is typically portrayed as a rigid society because of its hereditary status system, slavery, and Confucian gender norms. However, The Emotions of Justice reveals a surpri……続きを見る

Included in this volume are studies of the traditional leadership of the Yi dynasty as well as twentieth-century legislative, party, and bureaucratic leadership, and an evaluation of views of politi……続きを見る

Trees don't have ears. How are you so sure? As they attempt to flee the Best Nation in the World, North Korean sisters Minhee and Junhee are torn apart at the border. Each must race across time and ……続きを見る

This book studies Korean American girls between thirteen and nineteen and their formation with regard to self, gender, and God in the context of Korean American protestant congregational life. It de……続きを見る

Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century when Korea became entangled in the world of modern imperialism and the old social, economic and political order began to change; this handbook brings together……続きを見る

Der Koreakrieg (1950–1953) war der erste heiße Krieg des Kalten Krieges. Nordkoreaner und Chinesen auf der einen Seite, Südkoreaner unterstützt von UNO-Truppen auf der anderen Seite eroberten abwech……続きを見る

Korea's Fight for Freedom Originally published in 1920, this is an exhaustive examnation of Korea's struggle for freedom from oppressive Japanese rule. 'In this book I describe the struggle of an an……続きを見る

In Tourist Distractions Youngmin Choe uses hallyu (Korean-wave) cinema as a lens to examine the relationships among tourism and travel, economics, politics, and history in contemporary East Asia. Fo……続きを見る

In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea - from its southern tip to the North Korean border - in order to set the recor……続きを見る

One of Library Journal’s 10 Best Books of 2015 Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography ……続きを見る

Winner: Captain Richard Lukaszewicz Memorial Book Award Wedged chronologically between World War II and Vietnam, the Korean Warーwhich began with North Korea’s invasion of South Korea in June of 195……続きを見る

Honorable Mention, Book Award in History of the Association for Asian American Studies. In this book, Richard S. Kim examines the central role played by immigrants in the independence movement that ……続きを見る

This book examines the contested re-readings of “Korea” in early Chinese historical records and their influence on the formation of Korean-ness in later periods. The earliest written records on “Kor……続きを見る

In the nineteenth century the predominant focus of American anthropology centered on the native peoples of North America, and most anthropologists would argue that Korea during this period was hardl……続きを見る

The book explores diplomatic style and its use as a means to provide analytical insight into a state’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on South Korea. Diplomatic style attracts scant attention……続きを見る

This book explores the ways through which Korean American men demonstrate and navigate their manhood within a US context that has historically sorted them into several limiting, often emasculating, ……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

In 1948, two years before Cold War tensions resulted in the invasion of South Korea by North Korea that started the Korean War, the first major political confrontation between leftists and rightists……続きを見る

The first of its kind, this book provides a unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. Mike Kim, who worked with refugees on the Chinese border for four years, recounts thei……続きを見る

Malgré le travail hydrographique exécuté dans le passé par les Japonais sur les côtes de Corée, on connaît mal encore les nombreuses îles et archipels, les bancs et les récifs qui font de ses bords ……続きを見る

'As good a guide to a fascinating country in transformation as you will get.' Management Today In the course of a couple of generations, South Koreans took themselves out of the paddy fields and int……続きを見る

In this ambitious and innovative study Gregg Brazinsky examines American nation building in South Korea during the Cold War. Marshaling a vast array of new American and Korean sources, he explains w……続きを見る

Spaces of Possibility, which arose from a 2012 conference held at the University of Washington’s Simpson Center for the Humanities, engages with spaces in, between, and beyond the national borders o……続きを見る