Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison

by J. Bruce Jacobs, Sojin Lim, Niki J.P. Alsford

In Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison, the chapters offer a reflection on the state of the field of Taiwan and Korea Studies. For the editors, the volume's purpose was to identify not just their similarities, but also a reflection on their differences. Both have national identities formed in a colonial period. The surrender of Japan in 1945 ignited the light of independence for Korea, but this would be ideologically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004461302
• ISBN13: 9789004461307
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 198 Pages