Burnt by the Sun: The Koreans of the Russian Far East

by Jon K. Chang

Book Overview

Burnt by the Sun examines the history of the first Korean diaspora in a Western society during the highly tense geopolitical atmosphere of the Soviet Union in the late 1930s. Author Jon K. Chang demonstrates that the Koreans of the Russian Far East were continually viewed as a problematic and maligned nationality (ethnic community) during the Tsarist and Soviet periods. He argues that Tsarist influences and the various forms of Russian nationalism(s)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824876741
• ISBN13: 9780824876746
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"