Korea's Place in the Sun a Modern History
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
- Publish date: 02/01/1998
Description:
In his "immensely illuminating and accessible history" (Kirkus Reviews), Bruce Cumings delivers a memorable narrative of Korea's fractured modern history. Beginning with an overview of the cultural and political traditions of this accomplished civilization, Cumings dwells on Korea's long twentieth century, a period of colonial exploitation by Japan, war, and national division. His chapters on the Korean War show clearly just how close the world came to a nuclear holocaust. He then explores the economic resurgence and political turmoil that keep Korea in the headlines. Finally, he traces the significance of the Korean migration to the United States.
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"A leading American authority on modern Korea... catches the excitement of a country that has been at the peaks and troughs of East Asian history in the twentieth century". -- Economist
-- "An elegantly informative account of Korea's convulsive transformation ... into a nation". -- Kirkus Monthly
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