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9780824807566 Lee: Anthology of Korean Literature: From Early Times to the Nineteenth Century. Paperback

Anthology of Korean Literature: From Early Times to the Nineteenth Century. Paperback edited by Peter H. Lee. xxv, 313 pages. 1981. Here the cultural history of an ancient people is revealed through myths, short lyrics, adventure tales, fables, romance, portraits, satire, semifictional biographies.

9780465011025 Chol-Hwan: Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in a North Korean Gulag. Paperback

Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in a North Korean Gulag. Paperback. 0465011020 by Chol-Hwan, Kang / Rigoulot, Pierre / Reiner, Yair (Translation) 238 pages. 2002. The memoirs of a survivor of a North Korean communist prison describes the harsh conditions in a gulag, his life in North Korea, and his daring escape. Reprint.

9780714114873 Portal: Korea: Art and Archaeology. Paperback

Art and Archaeology. Paperback by Jane Portal 240 pages, with 110 colour and 10 bw-illustrations. 2000. This work presents a fully illustrated chronological account of the arts and archaeology of Korea from the Neolithic to the 20th century. Illustrated are some of the highest achievements of Korean craftsmen, from precious metalwork, sculpture and lacquer to celadons, painting and printing

9780300085785 Yang-Mo: Arts of Korea: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cloth

Arts of Korea: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cloth by Yang-Mo 512 pages, 350 illustrations, 148 in color, 2 maps, bibliography, index. 2000. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. The thoroughly annotated plates occupy 120 or so pages and include ceramics, metalwork and decorative arts, Buddhist sculpture, and painting

9780520204898 Pyong Gap Min: Caught in the Middle: Korean Communities in New York and Los Angeles. Paperback

Caught in the Middle: Korean Communities in New York and Los Angeles. Paperback by Pyong Gap Min 272 pages, with index, bibliography, 14 illustrations, 16 tables. 1996

9780824815325 Toshiyuki: The Clan Records: Five Stories of Korea. Cloth

Clan Records: Five Stories of Korea. Cloth by Toshiyuki Kajiyama & Yoshiko Dykstra (Translation) 186 pages, with introduction and 2 illustrations. 1995

9780415306287 set In-Seok Kim: Colloquial Korean. Book, CDs and 2 cassettes. A Complete Language Course

Colloquial Korean: A Complete Language Course. Book, 2 CD's, 2 audio cassettes by In-Seok Kim 2003. Colloquial Korean is easy to use and excellent way to learn Korean. For self-study or class use. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

0804801185 Underwood: Concise English-Korean Dictionary: Romanized

Concise English-Korean Dictionary: Romanized Joan V. Underwood xvii, 320 pages. The 8000 most useful English words and phrases with Korean equivalents in both Roman & Korean letters.

9780674179820 Habouch: Culture and the State in Late Choson Korea. Hardcover

Culture and the State in Late Choson Korea. Hardcover by JaHyun Kim Haboush and Martina Deuchler, editors 318 pages, with 3 tables. 2002. Investigating the late-16th century through the 19th century, this work looks at the shifting boundaries between the Chosen state and the adherents of Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity and popular religions. It suggests ways in which each group adjusted its ideology in response to the state.

9780674007741 Haboush: Culture and the State in Late Choson Korea. Paperback

Culture and the State in Late Choson Korea. Paperback by JaHyun Kim Haboush and Martina Deuchler, editors 318 pages, 3 tables. 2002. Investigating the late-16th century through the 19th century, this work looks at the shifting boundaries between the Chosen state and the adherents of Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity and popular religions.

9780674031074 Chong: Deliverance and Submission: Evangelical Women and the Negotiation of Patriarchy in South Korea. Hardcover

Deliverance and Submission: Evangelical Women and the Negotiation of Patriarchy in South Korea. Hardcover by Kelly H. Chong 272 pages. 2 tables. Dec. 2008. This book investigates the meanings of, and the reasons behind, an intriguing aspect of contemporary South Korean evangelicalism: the intense involvement of middle-class women.

9780824812362 Chay: Diplomacy of Asymetry: Korean-American Relations to 1910. Cloth

Diplomacy of Asymetry: Korean-American Relations to 1910. Cloth by Jongsuk Chay x, 239 pages, bibliography, index. 1990

9780761816713 vsd Karetzky: Early Buddhist Narrative Art: Illustrations of the Life of the Buddha from Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. Paperback

Early Buddhist Narrative Art: Illustrations of the Life of the Buddha from Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. Paperback by Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky xli, 249 pages. 2000. Early Buddhist Narrative Art is a pictorial journey through the transmission of the narrative cycle based on the life of the historical Buddha. Karetzky maintains that there is an underlying homogeneity of the tradition in the cultures of India, Central Asia, China and Japan.

9780395647219 Sook Nyol Choi: Echoes of the White Giraffe. Novel. Cloth.

Echoes of the White Giraffe. Novel. Cloth by Sook Nyol Choi 139 pages. 1993

9780791429709 Cho Bantley: Embracing Illusion: Truth and Fiction in The Dream of the Nine Clouds

Embracing Illusion: Truth and Fiction in The Dream of the Nine Clouds. by Cho Bantley xii, 262 pages, with selected bibliography, index. 1996

9780520073814 Hahn Moo-Sook: Encounter. A Novel of Nineteenth-Century Korea. Paperback

Encounter. A Novel of Nineteenth-Century Korea. Paperback by Moo-Sook, Hahn / Chang, Ok Young Kim (Trn). Foreword by John Baker xxiii, 325 pages, list of principal characters, 3 maps. 1992

9780804732079 / Watson: Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia. Paperback

Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia edited by James L. Watson  xvi, 256 pages, bibliography and index. 1997. Essays discuss the impact of McDonald's on the Asian countries in which it has franchises, and look at how those restaurants are different from their American counterparts

9780824818159 Choo & O'Grady: Handbook of Korean Vocabulary. A Resource for Word Recognition and Comprehension. Paperback

Handbook of Korean Vocabulary. A Resource for Word Recognition and Comprehension. Paperback by Miho Choo & William O'Grady xxvii, 386 pages. 1996

9780500237342 Lee: History of Far Eastern Art. Fifth edition. Cloth

History of Far Eastern Art. Fifth edition. 22x30 cm. Cloth by Sherman E. Lee, edited by Naomi N. Richard 576 pages, 66 colour and 735 bw-illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. 1994. This is an account of the visual arts of Asia, from the Indus River to Japan and Java, between the fifth millennium BC and AD 1850. Each chapter begins with a concise historical introduction and the discussions are structured chronologically, examining many archaeological discoveries.

9780824825683 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Advanced Intermediate. Level 1 Textbook. Paperback

Integrated Korean: Advanced Intermediate. Level 1 Textbook. Paperback KLEAR. by Ho-Min Sohn and Eun-Joo Lee. x, 298 pages. 2003

9780824825263 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Advanced Intermediate. Level 2 Textbook. Paperback

Integrated Korean: Advanced Intermediate. Level 2 Textbook. Paperback KLEAR. by Ho-Min Sohn and Eun-Joo Lee. iv, 281 pages. 2003

9780824823429 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Beginning 1. Paperback. By Cho

Integrated Korean: Beginning 1. Paperback KLEAR: the Korean Language Education and Research Center: Young-Mee Cho, Hyo Sang Lee, Carol Schulz, Ho-Min Sohn, Sung-Ock Sohn. ix, 322 pages. 2000

9780824821753 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Beginning 1. Workbook

Integrated Korean: Beginning 1. Workbook. Paperback KLEAR: the Korean Language Education and Research Center: Carol Schulz viii, 212 pages. 2000

9780824823436 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Beginning 2. Paperback

Integrated Korean: Beginning 2. Paperback KLEAR. The Korean Language Education and Research Center: Young-Mee Cho, Hyo Sang Lee, Carol Schulz, Ho-Min Sohn, Sung-Ock Sohn. 336 pages. 2000

9780824821845 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Beginning 2. Workbook

Integrated Korean: Beginning 2: Workbook. Paperback KLEAR. The Korean Language Education and Research Center. Sung-Ock Sohn. 234 pages. 2000

9780824824198 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Intermediate 1. Paperback. By Cho

Integrated Korean: Intermediate 1. Paperback By KLEAR: the Korean Language Education and Research Center: Young-Mee Cho, Hyo Sang Lee, Carol Schulz, Ho-Min Sohn, Sung-Ock Sohn ix, 303 pages. 2001. The Beginning Level texts and workbooks are the first of a four-level series developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of Korean

9780824824204 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Intermediate 1. Workbook. Paperback. By Schulz

Integrated Korean: Intermediate 1: Workbook. Paperback KLEAR: the Korean Language Education and Research Center. Carol Schulz. v, 176 pages. 2001

9780824824211 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Intermediate 2. Cloth

Integrated Korean: Intermediate 2. Cloth KLEAR: the Korean Language Education and Research Center. by Cho, Young-Mee / Lee, Hyo Sang / Schulz, Carol / Sohn, Ho-Min / Sohn, Sung-Ock. 324 pages. 2001

9780824824228 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Intermediate 2. Paperback. By Cho

Integrated Korean: Intermediate 2. Paperback By Cho, Young-Mee / Lee, Hyo Sang / Schulz, Carol / Sohn, Ho-Min / Sohn, Sung-Ock KLEAR: the Korean Language Education and Research Center. 324 pages. 2001

9780824824235 / KLEAR: Integrated Korean: Intermediate 2. Workbook. Paperback. By Jiha Hwang and Young-Geun Lee

Integrated Korean: Intermediate 2: Workbook. Paperback KLEAR: Korean Language Education and Research Center. Jiha Hwang and Young-Geun Lee. v, 176 pages. 2001

9780962771309 / Eckert: Korea Old and New. A History. Paperback

Korea Old and New. A History. Paperback by Carter J. Eckert. ix, 454 pages, index. 1991

3929979195 Song, Du Y: Korea-Kaleidoskop: Aktuelle Kontexte zur Wiedervereinigung. Paperback

Korea-Kaleidoskop: Aktuelle Kontexte zur Wiedervereinigung. Paperback by Du-Yul Song 190 pages, with 16 illustrations, 2 maps. 1995

9780781810296 Korea: Lee: Korean Dictionary & Phrasebook: Korean-English/English-Korean. Paperback

Korean Dictionary & Phrasebook: Korean-English/English-Korean. Paperback by Lee, Jeyseon / Lee, Kangjin 311 pages. 2005

0844285218 Mente: Korean in Plain English. The Easiest Way to Learn the Language. Paperback

Korean in Plain English. The Easiest Way to Learn the Language. Paperback by Boye De Mente. 245 pages. Part 1: The Korean Language. Part 2: English Korean Word List: 1200 entries

9780914584148 Keim: The Korean Peasant at the Crossraods. A Study in Attitudes. Paperback

Korean Peasant at the Crossraods. A Study in Attitudes. Paperback by Willard D. Keim 182 pages, 3 maps, glossary, bibliography. 1979

9780824824990 / KLEAR: Korean Reader for Chinese Characters, Paperback. By Cho

Korean Reader for Chinese Characters, Paperback by Cho, Choon-Hak / Sohn, Yeon-Ja / Yang, Heisoon 384 pages. 2002. This reader is designed to teach intermediate and advanced students of Korean the 512 Chinese characters commonly used in Korean. Three appendices contain the stroke orders for the characters, English translations of the passages, and an index of Chinese characters according to initial sound.

9780824814755 Burnett: Korean-American Relations. Volume 3. Documents Pertaining to the Far Eastern Diplomacy of the United States: The Period of Diminishing Influence, 1896-1905. Paperback

Korean-American Relations. Volume 3. Documents Pertaining to the Far Eastern Diplomacy of the United States: The Period of Diminishing Influence, 1896-1905. Paperback Edited and with an introduction by Scott S. Burnett 305 pages

9789027238049 Suk-Jin Chang: Korean. (London Oriental and African Language Library) Hardback

Korean. (London Oriental and African Language Library). Hardbound by Suk-Jin Chang. xviii, 252 pages. 1996. With its difficult sound system, rich word formation patterns, and complex sentence structures, Korean is one of the most challenging to learn as a foreign language, yet there is little that is written in English about Korean. This book should be a handy reference for both teachers and students of Korean, especially those abroad

9780415219990 Ryang: Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices from the Margin. Hardback

Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices from the Margin. Hardback Editor Sonia Ryang 240 pages, bibliography, index. 2000. Koreans in Japan are a barely known minority, not only in the West but also within Japan itself. This pioneering study analyses these relations in the context of the particular conditions and constraints that Koreans face in Japanese society.

9780824811457 Kendall: The Life and Hard Times of a Korean Shaman. Of Tales and the Telling of Tales. Paperback.

Life and Hard Times of a Korean Shaman. Of Tales and the Telling of Tales. Paperback by Laurel Kendall ix, 157 pages, with glossary, index, bibliography. 1988

9781740594912 Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook. 4th Revised edition

Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook. 4th Revised edition Kevin Chambers 2008. 254 pages, maps. This phrasebook includes extended sports coverage on traditional Korean activities, a section on food terms to ensure confident menu-ordering, and a common-sense grammar section to make understanding the Korean language just that little bit easier. New Korean spelling reforms are included. 3500-word two-ways dictionary

9780415920506 Steers: Made in Korea. Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai. Cloth.

Made in Korea. Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai. Cloth Richard M. Steers 284 pages, 32 plates, index. 1999. The story of how Chung Ju Yung rose from poverty to build one of the world's largest and most successful building empires - Hyundai - through a combination of creative thinking, tenacity, timing, political skills, and a business strategy that few competitors ever understood. (normal price US$ 60.=)

9780415047395 Comrie: The Major Languages of East and South-East Asia. Paperback

Major Languages of East and South-East Asia. Paperback Edited by Bernard Comrie  x11, 234 pages, with linguistic maps and diagrams. 1990. Based on Bernard Comrie's much praised The World's Major Languages, this is the first guide in paperback to an important language family. The areas covered include Chinese, Japanese and Sino-Tibetan languages. Click here for more product information

9780415414838 / Buzo: The Making of Modern Korea. Paperback

Making of Modern Korea. Paperback Adrian Buzo. 232 pages. 2007. Fully updated second edition. Provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1910 to the present day.

9780415237499 Buzo: The Making of Modern Korea. Paperback

Making of Modern Korea. Paperback by A. Buzo 240 pages. 2003. This text provides a balanced history of Korea from 1910 to 2001.

9780844283616 / Jones: NTC's Compact Korean and English Dictionary. The Most Practical and Concise Korean and English Dictionary. Paperback

NTC's Compact Korean and English Dictionary. The Most Practical and Concise Korean and English Dictionary. Paperback by B.J. Jones and Gene R. Rhie 394 pages. New Concise and Up-to-Date

9780844283623 Mente: NTC's Dictionary of Korea's Business and Cultural Code Words. Hardcover

NTC's Dictionary of Korea's Business and Cultural Code Words. Hardcover.15x23cm by Boyé Lafayette de Mente 462 pages. 1998. The Complete Guide to Key Words that Express How Koreans Think, Communicate, and Behave

9780824812980 Lee: Pine River and Lone Peak: An Anthology of Three Choson Dynasty Poets. Cloth

Pine River and Lone Peak: An Anthology of Three Choson Dynasty Poets. Cloth by Peter H. Lee viii, 197 pages, with introduction, notes, index. 1991

9780674031883 Vermeersch: The Power of the Buddhas. The Politics of Buddhism during the Koryo Dynasty (918 - 1392). Hardcover

Power of the Buddhas. The Politics of Buddhism during the Koryo Dynasty (918 - 1392). Hardcover Sem Vermeersch 486 pages. 2 maps, 3 line illustrations, 11 tables. 2008. Buddhism in medieval Korea is characterized as “State Protection Buddhism,”. In this view, the state used Buddhism to engender compliance with its goals. A closer look, however, reveals that Buddhism was a canvas on which people projected many religious and secular concerns and desires.

9780230000339 Beeson: Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development. Paperback

Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development. Paperback by Mark Beeson 336 pages. 2007. Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia" examines the distinctive character and evolution of political systems, economic structures, and security relationships of East Asia, a dynamic region that will profoundly influence global developments in the twenty-first century

9780691113470 Buswell: Religions of Korea in Practice. Paperback

Religions of Korea in Practice. Paperback Robert E. Buswell 544 pages, 2 halftones 1 line illustrations. 2006. This volume brings together a set of original sources covering religious practices in both premodern and contemporary Korea. Each chapter includes a translation of original sources on Korean religious practice, accompanied by an introduction that frames the significance of the selections.

9780824832797 / Unger: The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages. Hardcover

../media/Role_of_Contact Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages. Hardcover by J. Marshall Unger. xiii, 207 pages. 2008

9780304359486 Turnbull: Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War 1592-1598. Hardback

Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War 1592-1598. Hardback Stephen Turnbull 256 pages, with 100 black-white plates, 50 colour plates. 2002. Turnbull continues his series of popular histories concerning the samurai with a narrative of the imperial expansion that devastated the Korean peninsula and severely damaged the resources of Ming China. Historians pay little attention to it, he says, just lumping it in with Toyotomi Hidyoshi's (1536-98) other bloody wars. Color photographs, reproductions, and maps accompany the text

9780231067942 /o McCann: Selected Poems of So Chongju. Cloth. American edition

Selected Poems of So Chongju. Cloth. American edition by David R. McCann xxiii, 129 pages. 1989, reduced price

9780824811426 Kendall: Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits. Women in Korean Ritual Life. Paperback

Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits. Women in Korean Ritual Life. Paperback by Laurel Kendall 247 pages, with index, illustrations, glossary, bibliography. 1985, 1987

9780688131159 Watkins: So Far from the Bamboo Grove. Paperback

So Far from the Bamboo Grove. Paperback. 13x19cm by Watkins 183 pages. For young readers (10 up). Fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old Yoko escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II.

9780231143059 Bary, de: Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume 1: Premodern Asia. Paperback

Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume 1: Premodern Asia. Paperback Edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary 936 pages, 2007. Volume 1 samples writings from the earliest times to 1600, illuminating life in early China and the first imperial age, as well as the profound impact of Daoism, Buddhism, the Confucian revival, and Neo-Confucianism; the origins of Korean culture and political structures, up through the Choson dynasty; and major developments in early and medieval Japan.

9780231143233 Bary, de: Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume 2: The Modern Period. Paperback

Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume 2: The Modern Period. Paperback Edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary 1192 pages, 2007. Volume 2 covers major events from 1600 to the present, including the initial contact of China, Korea, and Japan with the West; nineteenth- and twentieth-century reform movements in China, along with the Nationalist and Communist revolutions; Korea's encounter with imperialist Japan; and the Meiji Restoration, the emergence of political parties and liberalism, and the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars.

9780231 Lee, de Bary: Sources of Korean Tradition. Set: Volumes 1 and 2

Sources of Korean Tradition. Set: Volumes 1 and 2

9780231105675 / Lee, de Bary, Ch'oe: Sources of Korean Tradition. Volume 1: From Early Times through the Sixteenth Century

Sources of Korean Tradition. Volume 1: From Early Times through the Sixteenth Century Edited by Peter H. Lee and Wm. Theodore de Bary xxiii, 438 pages. 1997

9780231120319 / Lee, de Bary, Ch'oe: Sources of Korean Tradition. Volume 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries

Sources of Korean Tradition. Volume 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries Edited by Yongho Ch'oe, Peter H. Lee, and Wm. Theodore de Bary xx, 487 pages. 2000

9780824816919 Sohn: Tense and Aspect in Korean. Paperback.

Tense and Aspect in Korean. Paperback by Sung-Ock S. Sohn 181 pages, with a bibliography. 1995

Orban-Szontagh: Traditional Korean Designs. Paperback

Traditional Korean Designs. Paperback by Orban-Szontagh 48 pages, with 142 copyright-free motifs

9780804743549 / Brinton: Women’s Working Lives in East Asia. Paperback

Women’s Working Lives in East Asia. Paperback Edited by Mary C. Brinton 400 pages. 2001. This volume examines the nature of married women’s participation in the economies of three East Asian countries, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.

9027217947 155619319x Taylor: Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Hardback

Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Hardback by Insup Taylor and M. Martin Taylor xiii, 412 pages. 1995. Chinese, Japanese, South (and North) Koreans in East Asia have a long cultural history and have achieved, or are in the process of achieving, spectacular economic success. They use a variety of unique writing systems: logographic Chinese characters of ancient origin, as well as phonetic systems of syllabaries and alphabets.

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