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This comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social, economic, and political issues it has faced since being...

More Than Witnesses is a truly living witness of dedicated missionaries who fought with their body and spirit for peace...

"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book Review Korea has endured a "fractured,...

Following in the footsteps of a writer, artist, and feminist who traveled the route a century ago, To the Diamond...

The residents of the three northern provinces of Korea have long had cultural and linguistic characteristics that have marked them...

In this comprehensive yet compact book, Michael J. Seth surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the present. He explores...

Representing an unprecedented collaboration among international scholars from Asia, Europe, and the United States, this volume rewrites the history of...

This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson court (1392-1910)....

Colonial Rule and Social Change in Korea 1910-1945 highlights the complex interaction between indigenous activity and colonial governance, emphasizing how...

What they were saying in 1904 . . . "Monsieur de Guerville is a passionate,...

The divided families problem is a serious social issue in North and South Korea, involving hundreds of thousands of first...

The period from 1876 to 1946 in Korea marked a turbulent time when the country opened its market to foreign...

Through travels that range from Geneva to Pyongyang, this remarkable book takes readers on an odyssey through one of the...

Imperial tombs, Buddhist architecture, palaces, and art treasures in Korea and Japan have attracted scholars, collectors, and conservators�and million......

In 1966 Vincent S. R. Brant lived in Sokp�o, a poor and isolated South Korean fishing village on the coast...

An extraordinary memoir by a North Korean woman who defied the government to keep her family alive. Born in the...

One of the largest political protests in contemporary Korean history, the May 1980 Kwangju Uprising still exerts a profound, often...

Escaping North Korea provides a rare and unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. It recounts...