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Border of Water and Ice
Border of Water and Ice explores the significance of the Yalu River as a strategic border between Korea and Manchuria (Northeast China) during a period of Japanese imperial …
J. Calvin Coolidge
Sadetakkitappaja
Tyrmäävä true crime hiuksianostattavista eteläkorealaisista henkirikoksista.Sadetakkitappajana tunnettu sarjamurhaaja ja kannibaali tunnusti syyllisyytensä kymmeniin murhiin ja sai …
E-Commerce and Financial Services in Asia
This book looks at the drivers in the emergence, development and internal and global expansion of Asian e-commerce businesses. It tackles the problems inherent in the globalization …
Buddhas and Ancestors
Two issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which …
Fury from the North
It was almost exactly 15.00 hours local time, on 25 June 1950, when nine Yakovlev Yak-9P fighters of the North Korea’s ‘Korean People’s Air Force’ (KPAF) simultaneously attacked …
Transcultural Exchange through Art
Transcultural Exchange through Art provides an exploration of two countries and their capital cities, two regions and their growing cultural engagement with one another, soft and …
Remapping the Cold War in Asian Cinemas
This book is about cinema and the cultural Cold War in Asia, set against the larger history of the cultural, political, and institutional linkages between the US, Europe, and Asia …
China's Transition to Modernity
The figure of Dai Zhen (17241777) looms large in modern Chinese intellectual history. Dai was a mathematical astronomer and influential polymath who, along with like-minded …
The North Korean Conundrum
North Korea is consistently identified as one of the world's worst human rights abusers. However, the issue of human rights in North Korea is a complex one, intertwined with issues …
Seeking Order in a Tumultuous Age
Ch?ng Toj?n, one of the most influential thinkers in Korean history, played a leading role in the establishment of the Chos?n dynasty (1392–1910). Long recognized for his …
Global History of Ginseng
Sul's history of the international ginseng trade reveals the cultural aspects of international capitalism and the impact of this single commodity on relations between the East and …