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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
by Blaine Harden
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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)

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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
by Blaine Harden
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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)

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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)
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
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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)

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The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
by Victor Cha
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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)

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Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
by Simon Winchester
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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)

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Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea
Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea
by Keith Pratt
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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)

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Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1: South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century
Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1: South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century
by George Katsiaficas
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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)

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North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
by Andrei Lankov
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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)

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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)
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
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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)

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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick
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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)

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Korean Methodist Church in Australia and New Zealand: History and Character (Hardcover)
Korean Methodist Church in Australia and New Zealand: History and Character (Hardcover)
by Yong-sun Yang
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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)

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Concise History of Modern Korea (09 Edition)
Concise History of Modern Korea (09 Edition)
by Michael J. Seth
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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)

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Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia #1: North Korea a Guide to Economic and Political Developments
Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia #1: North Korea a Guide to Economic and Political Developments
by Ian Jeffries
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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)

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The Making of Modern Korea: A History (Asia's Transformations)
The Making of Modern Korea: A History (Asia's Transformations)
by Adrian Buzo
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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)

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Koreans : Contemporary Politics and Society (3RD 96 Edition)
Koreans : Contemporary Politics and Society (3RD 96 Edition)
by Donald S. Macdonald
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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)

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Sources of Korean Tradition: Volume 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (Introduction to Asian Civilizations)
Sources of Korean Tradition: Volume 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (Introduction to Asian Civilizations)
by Yongho Ch'oe
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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)

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North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction
North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction
by Chris Springer
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The tumultuous past of the world s most secretive nation is revealed in this unique photographic... (read more)

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Korea, the Divided Nation
Korea, the Divided Nation
by Edward A. Olsen
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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)

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The Partition of Korea After World War II: A Global History
The Partition of Korea After World War II: A Global History
by Jongsoo James Lee
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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)

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Laying Claim To Memory of May : a Look Back At the 1980 Kwangju Uprising (02 Edition)
Laying Claim To Memory of May : a Look Back At the 1980 Kwangju Uprising (02 Edition)
by Linda S. Lewis
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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)

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