Korea's place in the sun
Subtitle: a modern history
By: Bruce Cumings.
Edition: Updated ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9780393327021; 9780393316810
Subjects: Korea -- History -- 20th century.; Korea (South) -- History.; Korea -- History -- 1864-1910.
Description: Bruce Cumings's rich narrative focuses on Korea's fractured, shattered, twentieth-century history. In 1910 Korea lost its centuries-old independence, and it remained an exploited colony of Japan until 1945. Then came national division, political turmoil, a devastating war, and the death and dislocation of millions, all of which left Korea still divided and in desperate poverty. Its recovery and spectacular growth over the next generation is one of this century's most remarkable achievements.

Cumings provides a compelling account of Korea's travails and triumphs in the modern period.
Notes: Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-520) and index.