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The Making of the First Korean President : Syngman Rhee's Quest for Independence, 1875-1948 /
The only full-scale history of Syngman Rhee's (1875-1965) early career in English was published nearly six decades ago. Now, in The Making of the First Korean President, Young Ick Lew uncovers little-known aspects of Rhee's leadership roles prior to 1948. In this richly illustrated volume,...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Birth of a Christian reformer
- Diplomacy with a U.S. president and Ivy League education in America
- Christian education and evangelism in Korea and Japan
- Early life in Hawaiʻi
- President of the Korean provisional governments
- Fall from power in Shanghai and Hawaiʻi
- Solo drive for Korean independence in Europe and marriage to Francesca Donner
- In pursuit of diplomatic recognition during the Pacific war
- New rivals and detractors
- Becoming the president of the Republic of Korea.