{"product_id":"the-koreas-a-global-studies-handbook-9781576072776","title":"The Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mary E. Connor\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Koreas\u003c\/i\u003e delivers border-to-border coverage of North and South Korea, with chapters dedicated to history and geography, social and cultural customs, and economics and politics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's not hard to understand why Koreans describe their lives as \u003ci\u003ehan\u003c\/i\u003e, which means \"living with a great and sustained sorrow.\" In the 20th century alone, they endured a 35 year Japanese military occupation, one of the most brutal civil wars in history, and decades of occupation by rival superpowers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet the story of this hauntingly beautiful, mountainous land is not ultimately one of war and devastation. \u003ci\u003eThe Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a warm and generous people who have retained their distinctive language and culture despite repeated foreign occupations, achieved a literacy rate of almost 100 percent, outscored nearly every other nation in science and math, and reshaped their devastated post-war economy into one of the four tigers of Asian economic growth.","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45087277940887,"sku":"9781576072776","price":8304.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781576072776.webp?v=1767266595","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-koreas-a-global-studies-handbook-9781576072776","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}