A Family of No Prominence: The Descendants of Pak Tŏkhwa and the Birth of Modern Korea

by Eugene Y. Park

Making use of both documentary evidence and oral history, A Family of No Prominence addresses issues of identity, modernity, colonialism, memory, and historical agency through a multigenerational study of a hitherto unknown family, tracing their emergence in early modern Korea and the plight of their descendants in the modern era.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804788766
• ISBN13: 9780804788762
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"