This ambitious work offers a transnational account of the deity Shinra Myōjin, the “god of Silla” worshipped in medieval Japanese Buddhism from the eleventh to sixteenth centuries. Sujung Kim challenges the long-held understanding of Shinra Myōjin as a protective deity of the Tendai Jimon school, showing how its worship emerged and developed in the complex … [Read More]
Archives: Books (page 55)
The Japanese Seizure of Korea, 1868-1910: A Study of Realism and Idealism in International Relations
From the publisher’s website: This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press’s distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship … [Read More]
No Alternative?: Experiments in South Korean Education
No Alternative? examines education in South Korea beyond daytime K-16 schooling—an escalating phenomenon in an increasingly neoliberal and globalizing society. Ethnographic portraits of private after-schooling, alternative schooling, home schooling, and adult distance education reveal that education producers and consumers often reject mainstream education while simultaneously seeking or embracing its symbolic value. Nancy Abelmann is Harry E. … [Read More]
Critical Readings on the Colonial Period of Korea 1910-1945 (4 vols)
From the publisher’s website: There has been a rapid accumulation of new scholarship on colonial Korea in particular and comparative colonialism in general within the last ten years. This volume gathers these articles from a variety of venues to allow researchers, students, and readers to access the most important scholarship on colonial Korea published in … [Read More]
Korean Women in Leadership
From the publisher’s website: The book focuses on the historical, political, economic, and cultural elements of Korea and the strong influence these have on women leaders in the nation. It examines challenges and opportunities for women leaders as they try to balance their professional and personal lives. A team of leading experts familiar with the … [Read More]
Submarine Commander: A Story of World War II and Korea
From the publisher’s website: A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations. Frank and beautifully written, Submarine Commander‘s breezy style and irrepressible humor place it in a class by itself. This book will be of lasting value as a submarine … [Read More]
Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World’s Most Repressive Country
From the publisher’s website: The first of its kind, this book provides a unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. Mike Kim, who worked with refugees on the Chinese border for four years, recounts their experiences of enduring famine, sex-trafficking, and torture, as well as the inspirational stories of those who … [Read More]
Women of Japan and Korea: Continuity and Change
From the publisher’s website: This collection presents new research on the changing roles of women in Japan and Korea. At a time when women in these two countries are becoming more politically and socially prominent, these essays provide insight into the clashes that have arisen between tradition and change. The contributors compare similarities and differences … [Read More]
The Borderlands of China and Korea: Historical Changes in the Contact Zones of East Asia
From the publisher’s website: This volume utilizes the concept of contact zones to reconceptualize the time and space around East Asian borders as meeting zones where multiple races, nations, and cultures interacted through the processes of exchange, coexistence, and acculturation. Focusing especially on the borderlands of China and Korea, the contributors document the shifts and … [Read More]
Archaeology of East Asian Shipbuilding
From the publisher’s website: North American Society for Oceanic History John Lyman Book Award in Naval and Maritime Reference Works and Published Primary Sources – Honorable Mention “The most comprehensive technical inventory of East Asian shipbuilding and shipwrecks available to date, this detailed analysis refines our understanding of East Asia ship construction.”-Hans Konrad Van Tilburg, … [Read More]
Korea in World History
From the publisher’s website: Donald Clark does a masterful job of situating the entire sweep of Korean history in its global context thus belying the shop worn stereotype of Korea as a hermit nation. Clark uses his mastery of both medieval and modern history to vividly describe the often ignored contributions of this fascinating society … [Read More]
Taekwondo: Philosophy and Culture
From the publisher’s website: Taekwondo is an international and Olympic sport which meets a growing interest in the development of increased concentration and spirit in many parts of the world. Taekwondo is one of the most popular martial arts in the world and contributes not only to the improvement of human health but also to … [Read More]
Exploring the National Museum of Korea
From the publisher’s website: Exploring the National Museum of Korea is a personal museum guide with vivid pictures and enchanting stories. The National Museum of Korea is the sixth largest museum in the world. This carefully curated book introduces two hundred and fifty of the most important relics and artifacts representing Korea. Each artifact is presented with rich … [Read More]
Korea and the World: New Frontiers in Korean Studies
From the publisher’s website: This edited volume brings together a set of essays exploring the global dimensions of Korea’s recent history and politics by a group of the most talented young scholars. Essays in the volume seek to answer two interrelated questions: How have international developments impacted Korea? And how has Korea in turn influenced … [Read More]
Your First Hanja Guide
From the publisher’s website: This book contains essential Hanja characters that can be understood by most Korean adults, are commonly used on signs and in advertisements, and/or is sometimes still used in formal or traditional writing and art. Learning and understanding Hanja will not only help you when reading Chinese characters, but it will also … [Read More]
Truman and MacArthur: Policy, Politics, and the Hunger for Honor and Renown
From the publisher’s website; Truman and MacArthur offers an objective and comprehensive account of the very public confrontation between a sitting president and a well-known general over the military’s role in the conduct of foreign policy. In November 1950, with the army of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea mostly destroyed, Chinese military forces crossed the … [Read More]