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Koreas

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ISBN-10: 0415643104

ISBN-13: 9780415643108

Edition: 2nd 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Charles K. Armstrong

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The second edition of The Koreas provides a concise and comprehensive look at the radically different ways the two Koreas have dealt with the growing challenges of globalization. Presenting a succinct, historically informed introduction to North and South Korea, Charles K. Armstrong considers the shifting and multiple meanings of "Korea" in contemporary history: a geographical entity, an ethnic nation, two states since 1948, and as an ethno-cultural identity extending beyond the Korean peninsula to substantial minority communities in the United States, China, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. Ultimately, The Koreas offers a crisp, engaging primer of Korea and the Korean people in the…    
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Book details

List price: $38.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 8/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Preface
Korea in the World
South Korea: The Rise to Globalism
North Korea: The Logic and Limits of "Self-Reliance"
The Korean Diaspora
The Korean Crisis
One Korea, Many Koreas
Notes
Bibliography
Index