The Koreas
- ISBN: 9780415948531
- Editorial: Routledge
- Fecha de la edición: 2007
- Lugar de la edición: New York. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Colección: Globalizing regions
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 20 cm
- Nº Pág.: 209
- Idiomas: Inglés
"The Koreas" provides a concise and comprehensive look at the radically different ways the two Koreas have dealt with the growing challenges of globalization. Presenting a succinct, historically informed introduction to North and South Korea, Charles K. Armstrong considers the shifting and multiple meanings of "Korea" in contemporary history: a geographical entity, an ethnic nation, two states since 1948, and as an ethno- cultural identity extending beyond the Korean peninsula to substantial minority communities in the United States, China, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. Ultimately, "The Koreas" offers a crisp, engaging survey of Korea and the Korean people in the contemporary world.