Korea's Place in the Sun

Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century", and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings' leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War and divided and decimated by the Korean War, has recently seen the first real hints of reunification. But positive movements forward are tempered by frustrating steps backward. In the late 1990s South Korea survived its most severe economic crisis since the Korean War, forcing a successful restructuring of its political economy. Suffering through floods, droughts and a famine that cost the lives of millions of people, North Korea has been labelled part of an "axis of evil" by the current Bush administration and has renewed its nuclear threats. On both sides Korea seems poised to continue its fractured existence on into the new century, with potential ramifications for the rest of the world.

ISBN 0393327027   Pages 528 ISBN13 9780393327021 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher WW Norton & Co   Weight (grammes) 754 Imprint WW Norton & Co   Published in New York Format Paperback   Height (mm) 232 Publication date 18 Oct 2005   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress DS917.C86   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY 951.904   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

1		The virtues		19
2		The interests, 1860-1904		86
3		Eclipse, 1905-1945		139
4		The passions, 1945-1948		185
5		Collision, 1948-1953		237
6		Korean sun rising : industrialization, 1953-present		299
7		The virtues, II : the democratic movement, 1960-present		342
8		Nation of the sun king : North Korea, 1953-present		404
9		America's Koreans		448
10		Korea's place in the world		470

"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating... Rather like Korea itself." - New York Times Book Review

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