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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Buddhist Architecture of Korea

    by Kim Sung-woo ...
    Series series Korean Culture Series
    Korean Culture Series 9Buddhist Architecture of KoreaThis book focuses on the role that architecture played in Korea’s Buddhist culture. While life at Buddhist temples and the austere practices of Buddhism can be a matter of spiritual complexity and religious consciousness, this book seeks to explain the physical characteristics of Buddhist-related architecture. ... Read more

    ₹371.16

  • 사건과 인물로 본 임시정부 100년

    by 문영숙, 김월배 ...
    최초의 임시정부 대한국민의회부터대한민국임시정부 수립과 활동, 귀국까지임시정부와 독립 영웅들의 살아 있는 역사를 만난다!100년 전 1919년, 대한민국이 시작되었다. 온 겨레 자주독립의 염원을 담은 임시정부가 수립된 것이다. 국호는 대한민국. 빼앗긴 나라 ‘대한’을 되찾고, 백성이 주인인 나라 ‘민국’의 소망을 담은 국호다. 이후 광복까지 27년 동안 임시정부의 역사는 우리 민족의 수난사이자 수많은 독립 운동가들의 피땀 어린 헌신과 목숨 건 투쟁의 역사였다. 이 책은 최초의 임시정부 대한국민의회와 통합 임시정부, 광복 후 환국하기까지의 과정과 여정을 현지에서 직접 살펴보며 인물과 사건 중심으로 생생하게 담아낸 역사 다큐멘터리다.최초의 임시정부 대한국민의회와통합 임시정부의 역사와 여정을 담은 다큐멘터리<p.. ... Read more

    ₹739.20

  • Seowon

    The Architecture of Korea's Private Academics

    by Lee Sanghae ...
    Series series Korean Culture Series
    Korean Culture Series 2Seowon : The Architecture of Korea's Private AcademicsThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to the private institutions, which were dedicated to higher learning that eventually emerged at the forefront of Neo-Confucianism in Korea. It examines in detail the various roles that these unique institutions played during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), while also paying ... Read more

    ₹371.16

  • Exploring the Korean War: A Comprehensive Study of its Origins, Impact, and Legacy

    by Vergil ...
    This book delves into the historical, political, and cultural aspects of the Korean War, providing a comprehensive and in-depth examination of one of the most significant conflicts of the 20th century. The book begins with a historical overview of the origins of the war and the role of the United Nations. It then explores the Chinese intervention and its impact on the outcome of the war. The book ... Read more

    ₹69.49

  • Immovable Object

    North Korea's 70 Years At War with American Power

    by A. B. Abrams ...
    North Korea and the United States have been officially at war for over 70 years, one of the longest lasting and most unbalanced conflicts in world history, in which a small East Asian state has held its own against a Western superpower for over three generations. With the Western world increasingly pivoting its attention towards Northeast Asia, and the region likely to play a more central role in ... Read more

    ₹984.19

  • The Comfort Women Hoax

    A Fake Memoir, North Korean Spies, and Hit Squads in the Academic Swamp

    by J. Mark Ramseyer, Jason M. Morgan ...
    During World War II, the Japanese military extended Japan’s civilian licensing regime for domestic brothels to those next to its overseas bases. It did so for a simple reason: to impose the strenuous health standards necessary to control the venereal disease that had debilitated its troops in earlier wars. In turn, these brothels (dubbed "comfort stations") recruited prostitutes through variations ... Read more

    ₹2,508.31

  • The Korean War

    An International History

    by Wada Haruki ...
    Series series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
    This classic history of the Korean War—from its origins through the armistice—is now available in a paperback edition including a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a new Northeast Asian war as Trump and Kim Jong-un escalate their rhetoric. Wada Haruki, one of the world’s leading scholars of the war, draws on archival and other primary sources in Russia, China, the ... Read more

    ₹2,859.25

  • Marching Through Suffering

    Loss and Survival in North Korea

    by Sandra Fahy ...
    Series series Contemporary Asia in the World
    Marching Through Suffering is a deeply personal portrait of the ravages of famine and totalitarian politics in modern North Korea since the 1990s. Featuring interviews with more than thirty North Koreans who defected to Seoul and Tokyo, the book explores the subjective experience of the nation's famine and its citizens' social and psychological strategies for coping with the regime.These oral ... Read more

    ₹2,999.31

  • Reconstructing Ancient Korean History

    The Formation of Korean-ness in the Shadow of History

    by Stella Xu ...
    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 “Koreans” are found in Chinese documents produced during the Han dynasty, from the third century BCE to the third century CE. Since then, these early Chinese records have been used as primary sources for ... Read more

    ₹3,886.44

  • Rationality in the North Korean Regime

    Understanding the Kims’ Strategy of Provocation

    by David W. Shin ...
    How and why are the Kims rational? There is no consensus about either the Kims’ rationality or how best to determine if they are rational actors. Rationality in the North Korean Regime offers a concise and finite method to assess rationality by examining over ten cases of provocations from the Korean War to the August 2015 land mine incident. The book asserts that Kim Il-sung was predominantly a ... Read more

    ₹3,519.22

  • The Defections

    by Hannah Michell ...
    'Stunning' The Times'Excellent' Independent on Sunday'Compelling, haunting and thrilling' David PeaceSeoul, South KoreaMia is an outsider. Half-English, half-Korean, a translator at the British Embassy; she treads a boundary between her roots and the acceptance she desires from the English - especially her boss, Thomas: a married diplomat.Thomas's career is j... ... Read more

    ₹340.06

  • Diplomacy, Trade, and South Korea’s Rise to International Influence

    by Jangsup Choi, Dennis Patterson ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
    This volume details how the diplomatic successes of South Korean presidents removed the country from the international isolation it experienced in the aftermath of the Korean War and also provided the necessary international connections for the expansions of international trade it experienced. Patterson and Choi explain how diplomacy then was the primary process that allowed for the successful ... Read more

    ₹3,152.83

  • Korean Communication, Media, and Culture

    An Annotated Bibliography

    by Kyu Ho Youm, Nojin Kwak, Yoonmo Sang, Ahran Park, Seok Kang, Seungahn Nah, Seungahn Nah, Matthew A. Shapiro0, Hun Shik Kim1, John C. Carpenter2, Namkee Park3, Seungyoon Lee4, Jae Eun Chung5, Hye-ryeon Lee6, Hye-Jin Paek7, Minsun Shim8, Peter J. Schulz9, Jacqueline Hitchon0, Jae-Hwa Shin1, Eyun-Jung Ki2, Eyun-Jung Ki3, Arunima Krishna4, Min-Sun Kim5, Yongick Jeong6, Akira Miyahara7, Ju Oak Kim8, Dong Hoon Kim9, Hye Seung Chung0, Ji-yoon An1, N. Trace Cabot2, Chang Dae Ham3, Dal Yong Jin4 ...
    Korean Communication, Media, and Culture is a bibliography of English-language publications for non-Korean-speaking academics, researchers, and professionals. In addition to the actual annotations of all the major books, book chapters, journal articles, and theses/dissertations, each chapter includes contextual introductory commentary on its topic. The authors not only historicize their findings ... Read more

    ₹3,519.22

  • History of Korea After 1945: Korea, the Divided Country After World War II

    by Janina Hansell ...
    History of Korea after 1945: Korea, the divided country after World War IIUnderstanding Korean history after the partitionAre you interested in the history of Korea?Do you want to learn more about the Korean War and other important historical events?Do you know the defining figures of Korean history?Learn more about the importance of workplace issues and how you can ... ... Read more

    ₹213.00

  • 서식지: 야만의 본성

    by Yeong Hwan Choi ...
    짐승들이 짓밟고 간 윤리 위에서, 인간은 어떻게 살아남는가.집단이 선을 정의하는 시대,도덕은 권력의 언어가 되었다.서식지: 야만의 본성은 도덕이 죽은 세상에서 인간으로 버티려는 기록이다.황금연휴를 앞두고, 사람들은 여행 계획을 세웠다. 그사이 부동산은 치솟고, 경찰은 공안이 되었다. 특검은 권력의 발밑에서 사람을 죽였고, 젊은 세대는 끊임없는 돈 풀기로 나랏빚을 떠안았다. 기업은 떠나고, 일자리는 사라졌다.짐승들은 그 틈을 타 인간의 허리를 잘라냈다. 일본으로 향하는 비행기 안에서도 숙청과 혁명은 멈추지 않았다.개헌을 주도하는 자들은 "국민의 결정에 달렸다"고 말했다.그 문장은 독재정권과 매우 유사했다. 법은 우두머리를 지키기 위해 수시로 색을 바꿨으며, 판사의 양심은 그 색에 쉽게 물들었다.이곳에서 나는 ... Read more

    ₹354.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • The Korean War Remembered

    Contested Memories of an Unended Conflict

    by Michael J. Devine ...
    Series series Studies in War, Society, and the Military
    Michael J. Devine provides a fresh, wide-ranging, and international perspective on the contested memory of the 1950–1953 conflict that left the Korean Peninsula divided along a heavily fortified demilitarized zone. His work examines “theaters of memory,” including literature, popular culture, public education efforts, monuments, and museums in the United States, China, and the two Koreas, to ... Read more

    ₹4,875.16

  • Virtual Hallyu

    Korean Cinema of the Global Era

    by Kyung Hyun Kim ...
    “[T]his fine book . . . . enlarges our vision of one of the great national cinematic flowerings of the last decade.”—Martin Scorsese, from the forewordIn the late 1990s, South Korean film and other cultural products, broadly known as hallyu (Korean wave), gained unprecedented international popularity. Korean films earned an all-time high of $60.3 million in Japan in 2005, and they outperformed ... Read more

    ₹2,621.36

  • Hegemonic Mimicry

    Korean Popular Culture of the Twenty-First Century

    by Kyung Hyun Kim ...
    In Hegemonic Mimicry, Kyung Hyun Kim considers the recent global success of Korean popular culture—the Korean wave of pop music, cinema, and television, which is also known as hallyu—from a transnational and transcultural perspective. Using the concept of mimicry to think through hallyu's adaptation of American sensibilities and genres, he shows how the commercialization of Korean popular culture ... Read more

    ₹2,171.31

  • 韩国研究论丛（2021年第2辑/总第42辑）

    by 复旦大学韩国研究中心 ...
    本书为集刊，连续性出版物，自2012年起在我社出版，每年两辑。本集刊为我社优秀集刊，CSSCI来源集刊。主要邀请国内外学者对韩国的政治、经济、外交、文化等多个方面进行研究。 大致分为以下几大栏目：政治、外交与安全；历史、哲学与文化。本辑论丛文章主题主要涉及日韩北极战略、韩日海军战略、韩国对日政策逻辑、 疫情冲击下的朝鲜半岛局势、文在寅政府东南亚外交的新动向、精英冲突与发展型国家的兴衰， 俄馆播迁后俄罗斯对半岛外交政策失败的原因、清朝贡体制的变动与中韩关系的转型、17世纪朝鲜野谭集《於于野谭》中的中国形象、朝鲜壬辰战争文学中的浙江想象、盘索里的文化品格，以及韩国资产证券化信托功能监管、 韩国审前羁押审查制度、赴韩中文教师韩语能力培养、中韩教育合作、国学前新课程改革等。 ... Read more

    ₹2,160.67 or Free with Kobo Plus