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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden Publisher Comments The heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped. North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden Publisher Comments The heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Reconstructing Bodies: Biomedicine, Health, and Nation Building in South Korea Since 1945 (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University) by John P. Dimoia Publisher Comments South Korea represents one of the world's most enthusiastic markets for plastic surgery. The growth of this market is particularly fascinating as access to medical care and surgery arose only recently with economic growth since the 1980s. Reconstructing... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - Hardcover
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The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by Victor Cha Publisher Comments The definitive account of North Korea, its veiled past and uncertain future, from the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council Though it is much discussed and often maligned, precious little is known or understood about North... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea from its southern tip to the North Korean border in order to set the record straight about this enigmatic and elusive... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea by Keith Pratt Publisher Comments The defiant dictatorship of North Korea and the thriving democracy of South Korea may appear starkly different, but they share a complex and often misunderstood history that is ably recounted in Everlasting Flower. Keith Pratt traverses the ancient... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Trade Paper
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Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1: South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century by George Katsiaficas Publisher Comments Using social movements as a prism to illuminate the oft-hidden history of 20th-century Korea, this book provides detailed analysis of major uprisings that have patterned the countrys politics and society. From the 1894 Tonghak uprising through the March... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea by Andrei Lankov Publisher Comments The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea for over 60 years. Most of that period has found the country suffering under mature Stalinism characterized by manipulation, brutality and tight social control. Nevertheless, some citizens of Kim Jong Il's regime... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Trade Paper
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Over the Mountains Are Mountains: Korean Peasant Households and Their Adaptations to Rapid Industrialization (Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of Internation) by Clark W Sorensen Publisher Comments Clark Sorensen presents a description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups and an analysis of their adaption to the changes brought about by Korea's rapid industrialization. Still one of the only book-length studies... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick Publisher Comments A National Book Award finalist and National Book Critics Circle finalist, Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy is a remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Korean Methodist Church in Australia and New Zealand: History and Character (Hardcover) by Yong-sun Yang Synopsis is an important book for the study of Korean Christianity in Australia and New Zealand. This important book contains 8 articles by Korean Christian clergy and scholars who have experienced the vibrancy of Korean Christianity in Australia and New Zealand.... (read more) Your price: $70.75 New - Hardcover
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Concise History of Modern Korea (09 Edition) by Michael J. Seth Synopsis This comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social, economic, and political issues it has faced since being catapulted into the wider world at the end of the nineteenth century. Placing this formerly insular society in a global... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $27.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia #1: North Korea a Guide to Economic and Political Developments by Ian Jeffries Publisher Comments There is much intense interest in North Korea at present. This partly arises from questions about Korea's nuclear capability and intentions, and about the extent to which North Korea may be viewed as 'a rogue state' or part of 'the axis of evil'. In... (read more) Your price: $211.50 New - Hardcover
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The Making of Modern Korea: A History (Asia's Transformations) by Adrian Buzo Publisher Comments This text provides an accurate, balanced and readable history of Korea from 1909 to the present day. Key features of the book include: *Comprehensive coverage of Korean History *Analysis of important contemporary developments *A comparative... (read more) Your price: $180.25 New - Hardcover
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Koreans : Contemporary Politics and Society (3RD 96 Edition) by Donald S. Macdonald Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $48.00 Your price: $36.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sources of Korean Tradition: Volume 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (Introduction to Asian Civilizations) by Yongho Ch'oe Publisher Comments Modeled after the classic Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Japanese Tradition, and Sources of Indian Tradition, this collection of seminal primary readings in the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of Korea from the sixteenth century... (read more) Your price: $122.25 New - Hardcover
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North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction by Chris Springer Synopsis The tumultuous past of the world s most secretive nation is revealed in this unique photographic... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $44.95 New - Hardcover
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Korea, the Divided Nation by Edward A. Olsen Publisher Comments Following its liberation from Japanese colonialism, at the end of WWII, Korea was divided into two separate nations. Because the Korean nation enjoyed a long dynastic history, its postwar partition was particularly traumatic. The ensuing Cold War years... (read more) Your price: $58.25 New - Hardcover
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The Partition of Korea After World War II: A Global History by Jongsoo James Lee Publisher Comments Sixty years after Korea’s partition into South Korea and North Korea, a full understanding of how this partition occurred is still wanting. Based on a careful examination of sources in Russian, English and Korean, including new archival evidence... (read more) Your price: $109.50 New - Hardcover
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Laying Claim To Memory of May : a Look Back At the 1980 Kwangju Uprising (02 Edition) by Linda S. Lewis Synopsis The Kwangju Uprising -- "Korea's Tiananmen" -- is one of the most important political events in late twentieth-century Korean history. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the imposition of military rule in the southwestern city of Kwangju in... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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