Korea
A Very Short Introduction
$21.67
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2020
Summary
Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbours China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest for radically different reasons– the South as an economic success story and for its vibrant popular culture; the North as the home to one of the world’s most repressive regimes, at once both bizarre and menacing.
This Very Short Introduction explores the history, culture, and society of a deeply divided region. Michael Seth considers what it means to be Korean, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198830771 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198830777 |
| Author: | Michael J. Seth |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 126g |
| Dimensions: | 169mm x 110mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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About The Author
Michael J. Seth
Michael J. Seth is a professor of East Asian and world history at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He has lived and worked in South Korea and is the author of Education Fever: Society, Politics and the Pursuit of Schooling in South Korea and North Korea: A History. He is also the editor of the Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History.
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