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1	Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood more books like this by Richard E Kim add to wishlist In this classic tale, Richard Kim paints seven vivid scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of Japanese occupation, 1932 to 1945. The book is at once a loving memory of family and a portrayal of life in a time of anguish. see all copies from $3.15! new only from $12.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country more books like this by Mike Kim add to wishlist Escaping North Korea provides a rare and unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. It recounts firsthand experiences of enduring famine, women's sex trafficking experiences, and torture in the gulags, as well as inspirational stories of refugees who overcame tremendous adversity to escape the repressive regime of their ... see all copies from $11.52! new only from $15.08! \| SVS
3	Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History more books like this by Mr. Bruce Cumings add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Last Parallel: A Marine's War Journal more books like this by Martin Russ add to wishlist Long regarded as one of the best books about combat written, this book tells of the experiences of combat soldiers during the Korean War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions
5	The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea more books like this by James Brady add to wishlist This memoir by the celebrated columnist for Parade magazine recounts his experiences as a young soldier and conveys the special sense of being there on the front lines in a cold, unfriendly, unknown region far away from home in a war whose outcome--and indeed legitimacy--was indeterminate at the time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sources of Korean Tradition: Volume 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries more books like this by Yongho Ch'oe (Editor), Professor Peter H Lee (Editor), William Theodore De Bary (Editor) add to wishlist -- Korean Quarterly see all copies from $9.95! new only from $27.11! \| SVS
7	The aquariums of Pyongyang : ten years in the North Korean Gulag more books like this by Kang Chol-Hwan add to wishlist In 1977 Kang's family was imprisoned in a North Korean concentration camp because his grandfather was suspected of counterrevolutionary sympathies. Kang, who was only 9 at the time, was forced in the next 10 years to endure a childhood and adolescence of unimaginable humiliation and cruelty at the hands of the regime. Here he shares this piece of ... see all copies from $4.14! new only from $26.81!
8	Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan more books like this by F H King add to wishlist First published in 1926, this classic survey examines the traditional farming methods of the densely populated lands of China, Korea and Japan and shows how fertility can be maintained over many centuries through conserving and utilizing natural resources. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $15.49! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Sources of Korean Tradition: Volume One: From Early Times Through the Sixteenth Century more books like this by Professor Peter H Lee (Editor), Professor Ytngho Ch'oe (Editor), Professor Hugh H W Kang (Editor) add to wishlist -- Journal of Asian Studies see all copies from $9.99! new only from $13.49! \| SVS
10	The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History more books like this by Don Oberdorfer add to wishlist The Two Koreas is the definitive text of contemporary Korean history from the hottest point of the Cold War to the present.. Korea represents the last vestige of the Cold War. The struggle between the two Koreas has repeatedly claimed the headlines of the world with acts of terrorism, disputes over nuclear might, and ever-changing relationships ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.12! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Korea Old and New: A History more books like this by Carter Eckert, Michael Robinson, Num, Ki-Baik Lee add to wishlist This presentation of the general history of Korea not only provides a detailed treatment of the post-1945 period, but describes the traditional historical-cultural milieu from which modern Korea has developed. The 20th century has witnessed a multiplicity of both domestic and external factors that have resulted either in tendentious history or in ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $29.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	A New History of Korea more books like this by Ki-Baik Lee, Edward J Schultz (Translator), Edward W Wagner (Translator) add to wishlist Follows the development of Korea from prehistoric times to the student revolution of 1960, and examines Korea's politics and culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.57! \| first editions
13 view cover	Korea, the Untold Story of the War more books like this by Joseph C Goulden add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Koreans: Contemporary Politics and Society, Third Edition more books like this by Donald Stone MacDonald, Donald N Clark (Editor) add to wishlist In this new edition, Donald Clark has thoroughly revised and updated Donald Macdonalds widely praised introduction to Korea, describing and assessing the volatile and dramatic developments on the peninsula over the last five years. Remaining true to Macdonalds original conception, Clark has reworked the existing text from the perspective of the ... see all copies from $2.97! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Archaeology of Korea more books like this by Sarah Milledge Nelson add to wishlist The Archaeology of Korea surveys Korean prehistory from the earliest Palaeolithic settlers, of perhaps half a million years ago, through the formation of the Three Kingdoms, and on to the creation of United Silla in AD 668, when the peninsula was largely united for the first time. The author examines the development of state-level societies and ... see all copies from $38.00! new only from $38.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Lonely Planet Seoul more books like this by Martin Robinson add to wishlist This guide to Seoul contains details on where and how to see the best the city has to offer. It includes: accommodation and restaurant suggestions for a range of budgets; information on days trips away from the city; advice on using public transport; and a shopping guide. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.37!
17 view cover	Perspectives on Korea more books like this by Sang-Oak Lee (Editor), Duk-Soo Park (Editor) add to wishlist This work contains forty papers selected from nearly one hundred and thirty presented at the Third Pacific and Asia Conference on Korean Studies held at the University of Sydney in July 1996. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	Korea: The First War We Lost more books like this by Bevin Alexander add to wishlist A well-balanced, historical survey of Korea to the present. Early chapters succinctly depict a rich Korean heritage. In resisting absorption by their powerful neighbour, China, Koreans successfully established their own state and distinctive culture, language, and traditions. The latter chapters deal with events after 1945. Illustrations and map ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
19	The River & the Gauntlet more books like this by Samuel L Marshall add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.99! \| first editions
20 view cover	Kim Il Sung: North Korean Leader more books like this by Dae Suk Suh add to wishlist This book investigates the impact of Kim Il Sung on the history and politics of North Korea and what his death means for the future of the country and its relations with the rest of the world. see all copies from $9.90! new only from $39.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Korean War: Uncertain Victory: An Oral History more books like this by Donald Knox, Alfred Coppel, Jr. add to wishlist Begun in The Korean War: Pusan to Chosin, Donald Knox's engrossing and stunning oral history continues here with the last two and a half years of the war and the uneasy armistice achieved in 1953. For too many Americans the Korean War is a piece of history that remains vaguely remembered and scantly acknowledged. Yet the death toll for U.S. ... see all copies from $2.96! new only from $56.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History more books like this by Alexander Woodside add to wishlist In "Lost Modernities", Alexander Woodside offers a probing revisionist overview of the bureaucratic politics of pre-industrial China, Vietnam and Korea. He focuses on the political and administrative theory of the three mandarinates and their long experimentation with governments recruited in part through meritocratic civil service examinations ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $24.46! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Korean War: An Oral History more books like this by Donald Knox add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.95! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Confucian Transformation of Korea: A Study of Society and Ideology more books like this by Martina Deuchler add to wishlist It has long been recognized that legislation to change Korean society into a neo-Confucian state began with the founding of the Choson dynasty in 1392 and achieved its purposes by the mid-17th century. Nevertheless, the nature of Koryo society, the stresses induced by the new legislation, and society's resistance to the neo-Confucian changes ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $22.30! \| first editions
25 view cover	The History of Korea more books like this by Djun Kil Kim add to wishlist This volume provides a comprehensive review of Korea's history, from its roots in Neolithic civilization, and the tradition and evolution of nation-building in the traditional East Asian world system, to Korea's global setting in modern times. The historical origin of Korean identity in the East Asian world, Korea's failure to adapt to a changing ... see all copies from $19.26! new only from $30.00! \| SVS

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