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020			_a9780191868832 (ebook) : _cNo price
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082	0	4	_a951.9 _223
100	1		_aSeth, Michael J., _d1948- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aKorea : _ba very short introduction / _cMichael J. Seth.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2020.
300			_a1 online resource : _billustrations, maps.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
336			_acartographic image _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aVery short introductions
500			_aAlso issued in print: 2020.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aHaving 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 book explores the history, culture, and society of a deeply divided region. Michael Seth considers what it means to be Korean, and analyses how the various peoples of the Korean peninsula became one of the world's most homogeneous nations, before exploring how this nation evolved, in a single lifetime, into today's sharply contrasting societies. He also discusses how Korea fits into the larger narrative of both East Asian and world history, economically, politically, and socially.
588			_aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 27, 2020).
651		0	_aKorea.
651		0	_aKorea _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version : _z9780198830771
830		0	_aVery short introductions.
856	4	0	_3Very short introductions _uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198830771.001.0001
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