Assimilating Seoul: Japanese Rule and the Politics of Public Space in Colonial Korea, 1910-1945 Volume 12

by Todd A. Henry

Book Overview

Assimilating Seoul, the first book-length study written in English about Seoul during the colonial period, challenges conventional nationalist paradigms by revealing the intersection of Korean and Japanese history in this important capital. Through microhistories of Shinto festivals, industrial expositions, and sanitation campaigns, Todd A. Henry offers a transnational account that treats the city's public spaces as "contact zones," showing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520293150
• ISBN13: 9780520293151
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"