Under the Black Umbrella
Subtitle: Voices from Colonial Korea, 1910-1945
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: March 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780801438547
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Colonization & independence; 20th century; Japan; Asia - Korea; Sociology - General; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Korea; Japanese occupation, 1910-1945; Reading Group Guide; Anthropology - Cultural; World - Colonial Studies; 1912-1945; History; Politics and government; Social conditions
Description: "In the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella, elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities of Korea during the colonial period. Hildi Kang here reinvigorates a period of Korean history long shrouded in the silence of those who endured under the "black umbrella" of Japanese colonial rule."--BOOK JACKET.