The New Koreans

The New Koreans
Author: Michael Breen
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1250065054


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"Just a few decades ago, the Koreans were an impoverished, agricultural people. In one generation they moved from the fields to Silicon Valley. The nature and values of the Korean people provide the background for a more detailed examination of the complex history of the country, in particular its division and its emergence as an economic superpower. Who are these people? And where does their future lie?"--


The New Koreans
Language: en
Pages: 481
Authors: Michael Breen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-04 - Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books

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"Just a few decades ago, the Koreans were an impoverished, agricultural people. In one generation they moved from the fields to Silicon Valley. The nature and v
A New History of Korea
Language: en
Pages: 520
Authors: Ki-baik Lee
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-03-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The first English-language history of Korea to appear in more than a decade, this translation offers Western readers a distillation of the latest and best schol
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated Edition)
Language: en
Pages: 544
Authors: Bruce Cumings
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-09-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book Review Korea has endured a "fractured, shattere
Asia's Next Giant
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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South Korea has been quietly growing into a major economic force, even challenging Japan in some industries. This growth may be seen as an example of "late indu
North Korea
Language: en
Pages: 173
Authors: Sonia Ryang
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-16 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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We are told, time and again, that North Koreans are loyal to their leader, that they would do anything, even die for him, and that they are fiercely proud and n