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Korea's Place in the Sun

Paperback • 2005 • English

Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated Edition)

By Bruce Cumings

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About the book

"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book Review Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century," and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings's leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War, and divided and decimated by the Korean War, has recently seen the first real hints of reunification. But positiv...Show more

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ISBN

9780393327021

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Korea's Place in the Sun

Format

Paperback

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