{"product_id":"the-koreas-mary-e-connor-9781576072776","title":"The Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary E. Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1576072770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781576072776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 5.96w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2002 pg. 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2003 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 47","brand":"Mary E. Connor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44124893839615,"sku":"9781576072776","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14e7f3a2-d15e-410d-99c4-0b05f9c772ec.jpg?v=1687439440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-koreas-mary-e-connor-9781576072776","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}