Korea's twentieth-century odyssey /

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For more than half of the twentieth century, the Korean peninsula has been divided between two hostile and competitive nation-states, each claiming to be the sole legitimate expression of the Korean nation. The division remains an unsolved problem dating to the beginnings of the Cold War and now pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Robinson, Michael Edson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
1900 - 1999
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > Korea.
Korea > History > 20th century > Textbooks.
Korea (South) > History > 20th century > Textbooks.
Korea (North) > History > 20th century > Textbooks.
Korea > History > 20th century.
Korea (South) > History > 20th century.
Korea (North) > History > 20th century.
Corée > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Corée du Sud > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Corée du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Korea
Korea (North)
Korea (South)
History
Textbooks
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Korea's turbulent 20th century
  • A new century and the end of an era
  • Colonial state and society
  • Class and nation in colonial Korea: the 1920s
  • Colonial modernity, assimilation, and war: 1930-1945
  • Liberation, civil war, and division
  • Political and economic development in South Korea
  • Going it alone: the DPRK, 1953-present
  • Democratization in South Korea: 1987-2000
  • Epilogue. Untying the Korean knot.

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