num_pages: 527
description: A narrative chronicle of modern Korea focuses on the country's turbulent twentieth-century history, discussing its 1910 loss of independence, its years under Japanese rule, its division and the Korean War, and its postwar recovery and economic growth
language: English
title: Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History
titlecomplete: Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History
genres: Historical, History, Cultural, Sociology, Asia, International Relations, Research, World History, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 908
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Kiriyama Prize
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc