An Asian Frontier: American Anthropology and Korea, 1882-1945

by Robert Oppenheim

In the nineteenth century the predominant focus of American anthropology centered on the native peoples of North America, and most anthropologists would argue that Korea during this period was hardly a cultural area of great anthropological interest. However, this perspective underestimates Korea as a significant object of concern for American anthropology during the period from 1882 to 1945--otherwise a turbulent, transitional period in Korea's history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803285612
• ISBN13: 9780803285613
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"