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  • The Park Chung Hee Era

    The Transformation of South Korea

    by Chang Jae Baik, Jorge I. Domínguez, Yong-Sup Han, Sung Gul Hong, Paul D. Hutchcroft, Hyug Baeg Im, Byung-joon Jun, Eun Mee Kim, Hyung-A Kim, Joo Hong Kim, Taehyun Kim, Yong-Jick Kim, Jung-Hoon Lee, Min Yong Lee, Nae-Young Lee, Young Jo Lee, Seok-jin Lew, Chung-in Moon, Gregory W. Noble, Gil-Sung Park, Myung-Lim Park, Sang-young Rhyu ...
    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 transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee's presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited ... Read more

    ₹2,571.56

  • The Border - A Journey Around Russia

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

    by Erika Fatland ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    A journey along the seemingly endless Russian border - from North Korea in the Far East through Russia's bordering states in Asia and the Caucasus, crossing the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea along the way."Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers" National Geographic**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**"A hauntingly ... Read more

    ₹391.16

  • Nothing to Envy: Real Lives In North Korea

    Real Lives In North Korea

    by Barbara Demick ...
    North Korea is Orwell"s 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country"s great leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, famine descended, and Nothing to Envy - winner of the 2010 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non ... Read more

    ₹983.05

  • Four Ruined Realms

    The action-packed sequel to adventure fantasy Five Broken Blades featuring more lies, more betrayal and even more danger

    by Mai Corland ...
    Series Book 2 - The Broken Blades
    FROM THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF VERITY GUILDThe lies are bigger and the plots more treacherous when your favourite backstabbers return in the mind-blowing sequel to Mai Corland's bestselling Korean-inspired adventure fantasy, Five Broken Blades'If you've yet to discover this thrilling multi-POV fantasy series, you're missing out' CULTUREFLYThe King of Yusan may b... ... Read more

    ₹577.48

  • 100 Questions and Answers About East Asian Cultures

    An introductory cultural competence guide for Americans about the customs, history, politics and languages background of people from China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong

    by Michigan State University School of Journalism, Helen Zia, Jane Hyun, Sook Wilkinson ...
    This basic, introductory guide answers 100 of the questions people ask in everyday conversation. It informs Americans about workers, students and guests from East Asia including China, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, South and North Korea, Japan and Mongolia. Find answers about culture, customs, holidays, identity, language, religion, social norms, politics, education, work, families and food. This ... Read more

    ₹894.75 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Korean Ceramics

    by Kang Kyung-sook ...
    Series series Korean Culture Series
    Korean Culture Series 12Korean CeramicsKorean pottery may not be ornate, nor is it imposing in size, but it is distinguished by its infinite embrace of nature. Through a continued mutual exchange with China, Korea developed a ceramics style that captured the Korean spirit. The uniqueness of Korean ceramics stems from the austere humility of the earthenware, the jade-green color of Goryeo celadon, ... Read more

    ₹371.16

  • Quaint Korea (Annotated)

    Attractive and Charming Old Korea

    by Louise Jordan Miln ...
    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 Korea was one of them. Louise started to write on Korea six years later she visited. Besides her memory, she researched and referred other books on Korea. It is interesting to see she defended Korea women ... Read more

    ₹226.95

  • Yi Hwang's Letter

    I am deeply disappointed

    by Hyundai Research Institute, Choi, Seunghui ...
    Who could possible know a person better than his or her parents? We will read the letters of the great men from Chosun, who were "fathers" before they were scholars, officers and writers. What kind of letter did Lee Hwang (Toegye, 1501-1570), scholar and civil servant from the mid-Chosun era, send to his son who had lost confidence and have given up the state exam? Let's listen to the voice of the ... Read more

    ₹73.25

  • Claims to Territory Between Japan and Korea in International Law

    by Pilkyu Kim ...
    The period following World War II has witnessed numerous international territorial disputes, particularly in Asia and Africa. Even as we enter the twenty-first century, a large number of these territorial disputes over sovereignty remain unresolved and continue to pose significant diplomatic barriers for the parties involved. Clive Schofield, the author of Global Boundaries, identified10 disputed ... Read more

    ₹246.59

  • Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea

    by Thomas Duvernay ...
    In 1871, five ships of the United States Asiatic Fleet headed into Korean waters, intent on establishing relations with Korea, a country that had shunned the outside world for centuries. However, as the country had been in conflict with Western countries just five years earlier, it was going to be no easy task but one full of dangers.The Koreans, who were steadfast and unwilling to compromise the ... Read more

    ₹961.18

  • The New History of Korean Civilization

    by Chai-Shin Yu ...
    Throughout its 4,000-year history, Korea has created a vibrant and unique culture. Unfortunately, many believe it developed solely due to Chinas influence, thus leaving no room for an independent history and culture. This is simply wrong.The New History of Korean Civilization explores the existence of a distinctive Korean culture established by the Korean people and separate from its Chinese and ... Read more

    ₹246.59

  • Seoul's Historic Walks in Sketches

    by Janghee Lee ...
    Seoul is a rapidly changing city, the epitome of the latest trends and technology. But looking closely in between the skyscrapers, there lie hints that reveal an alternate story, a story of a 600-year-old capital city. Seoul’s Historic Walks in Sketches discovers and brings to life these stories. From the Joseon era’s palaces and fortresses to modern skyscrapers of glass and steel built on ... Read more

    ₹1,163.44 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Korean Supermarket Food Stories

    47 Must-Try Instant Foods and Snacks-and the Culture, History, and Local Secrets Behind Them

    by Yeonsil Yoo ...
    The Secret Behind Korea's Most Iconic Snacks-One Aisle at a Time!Ever wandered into an H Mart and felt overwhelmed? Wondered how viral hits like Buldak noodles or ram-don (a.k.a. Jjapaguri) came to be? Maybe you've tried some Korean snacks but skipped others because you didn't know where to start. Don't worry-this book's got you covered.47 Must-Try Snacks: Fascinating backstories behind Korea's ... Read more

    ₹619.55

  • Soldier. Politician. Patriot. The Biography of Kyung Soon Chang

    by Christopher Schmitz, Kyung Soon Chang ...
    General Chang saved South Korea from Communism. Twice.May 16, 1961. General Chang made a decisive contribution to General Chung-hee Park's bloodless coup. The move saved his country from a collapse engineered by Communist sympathizers after President Syngman Rhee's resignation in 1960.From 1963 through 1972, General Chang was Vice Speaker of the Korean National Assembly, under General Chung-hee ... Read more

    ₹580.00

  • Exodus to North Korea

    Shadows from Japan's Cold War

    by Tessa Morris-Suzuki ...
    Series series Asian Voices
    Ranging from Geneva to Pyongyang, this remarkable book takes readers on an odyssey through one of the most extraordinary forgotten tragedies of the Cold War: the "return" of over 90,000 people, most of them ethnic Koreans, from Japan to North Korea from 1959 onward. Presented to the world as a humanitarian venture and conducted under the supervision of the International Red Cross, the scheme was ... Read more

    ₹3,886.44

  • Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea

    Crossing the Divide

    by Nan Kim ...
    Series series AsiaWorld
    Winner of the 2019 Scott Bills Memorial Prize for Outstanding First Book in Peace History.Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide explores the history and tells the story of the emotionally charged meetings that took place among family members who, after having lost all contact for over fifty years on opposite sides of the Korean divide, were temporarily reunited ... Read more

    ₹3,666.48

  • Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea

    by James E. Hoare ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
    As Kim Jong Un approaches the seventh anniversary of his coming to power he has pushed the military back. The modified Constitution adopted in 2016 saw the demotion of the National Defense Council in favor of a new State Affairs Council which was a more party and government dominated body. He has put his own men and women into positions of authority. Sanctions are an irritant yet are already ... Read more

    ₹12,612.89

  • The Korean Wave

    Evolution, Fandom, and Transnationality

    by Tae-Jin Yoon, Seok-Kyeong Hong, Luling Huang, Hyeri Jung, Bora Kang, Ju Oak Kim, Eunbyul Lee, Hyangjin Lee, Lisa Yuk-ming Leung, Wonjung Min0, Mi-Sook Park1, Yong-Jin Won2, Qian Zhang3, Anthony Y. H. Fung4, Kyong Yoon5, Dal Yong Jin6 ...
    Since the Korean Wave phenomenon started in 1997, Hallyu has undergone many changes. Geographically, while Asia has been the largest cultural market for the Korean cultural industries, other parts of society, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America have gradually admitted Korean popular culture. The components of the Korean Wave have also greatly expanded. Hallyu ... Read more

    ₹3,666.48

  • The Korean War

    1950–53

    by Carter Malkasian ...
    Series series Essential Histories
    In this fully illustrated introduction, Dr Carter Malkasian provides a concise overview of the so-called "Forgotten War" in Korea.From 1950 to 1953, the most powerful countries in the world engaged in a major conventional war in Korea. Yet ironically this conflict has come to be known as the USA's "Forgotten War." Esteemed historian Dr Carter Malkasian explains how this conflict in a small ... Read more

    ₹863.16

  • The Metamorphosis of U.S.-Korea Relations

    The Korean Question Revisited

    by Jongwoo Han ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
    This book contends that the long history of America’s interaction with Korea started with the signing of the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation in 1882, and with the establishment of the Seward-Shufeldt Line. William Seward and Robert Shufeldt shared the same vision of achieving their American goal by opening Korea and extending the Seward-Shufeldt Line from Alaska to link it with ... Read more

    ₹3,006.39

  • Bojagi

    The Art of Korean Textiles

    by Youngmin Lee ...
    A creative guide to a unique and beautiful form of Korean art, steeped in ancient tradition.Bojagi are textiles that wrap, cover, carry, or store objects. Some are made from whole pieces of fabric and some are patched together from small scraps of cloth - they are a unique form of Korean textile art. The careful arrangement of shapes and colours shows an abstract composition which has made bojagi ... Read more

    ₹931.60

  • マッカーサーと平和憲法

    平和憲法により日本は戦争に勝つ

    by トーマス パウロ ...
    Series Book 3 - トーマス・パウロ
    平和憲法により日本は戦争に勝つ！マッカーサーというと、みなさんは何を思い浮かべますか。戦後、連合国最高司令官として、日本を統治した人物であるとか、１９５０年6月２５日の朝鮮戦争のとき、仁川逆上陸作戦を成功させた人物というものではないでしょうか。また、彼は、この以前にも、日本軍に占領されていたフィリピンを解放しました。このように、マッカーサーというと卓越した軍人というイメージがあります。しかし、彼には、軍人としての顔とともに、もうひとつの顔がありました。それは、ミッショナリーとしての顔でした。マッカーサーは日本に何をもたらしたのか。日本国憲法に込められた精神とは。その人物像に迫ります。 ... Read more

    ₹99.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Le leggi del regno eremita

    Come si governa la Corea del Nord

    by Federico Lorenzo Ramaioli ...
    La Corea del Nord può essere considerata come uno degli ultimi regni proibiti del mondo, ermeticamente chiusa all’interno dei suoi confini e governata dai suoi riti e dalle sue leggi, che spesso sfuggono alla conoscenza dei più. Si tratta tuttora di un Paese avvolto dal mistero, che si fatica a decifrare, e che ha subito il dramma della divisione e del distacco, che risente delle sue tensioni ... Read more

    ₹1,229.99

  • Surviving Imperial Intrigues

    Korea’s Struggle for Neutrality amid Empires, 1882–1907

    by Sangpil Jin ...
    Series series Hawai‘i Studies on Korea
    In Surviving Imperial Intrigues, Sangpil Jin explores how successful Korean neutralization could have radically transformed the balance of power equation in East Asia. He conducted multilocational archival work, analyzing documents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire Ministry of Foreign Affairs, British Foreign Office, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, German Foreign Office, Japanese Ministry of ... Read more

    ₹2,142.04