The Koreas : the birth of two nations divided /

"Korea is one of the last divided countries in the world. Twins born of the Cold War, one is vilified as an isolated, impoverished, time-warped state with an abysmal human rights record and a reclusive leader who perennially threatens global security with his clandestine nuclear weapons program...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yoo, Theodore Jun, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Korean diaspora > 20th century.
Coréens > Pays étrangers > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Asia / Korea
Korean diaspora
Korea > History > 20th century.
Korea
Cold War.
Kim Jong Un.
North.
South.
capitalist state.
democratic.
diaspora.
globalization.
history.
homogeneity.
human rights.
identity.
master narratives.
misconceptions.
myths.
national culture.
nuclear weapons.
pariah state.
pop culture.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : land of exile
  • Out of the ashes of war : the 1950s
  • Dependent capitalist development or a path of self-reliance?
  • Sex, hair, and flower power : the 1970s
  • The long 1980s
  • Civilian rule and the end of a dynasty
  • Kim-chic or the Axis of Evil? : Korea and the world
  • Korea in the world
  • Epilogue : the land of morning calm.

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