The New Koreans: The Story of a Nation

by Michael Breen

Book Overview

Just a few decades ago, the South Koreans were an impoverished, agricultural people. In one generation they moved from the fields to Silicon Valley. They accomplished this through three totally unexpected miracles: economic development, democratization, and the arrival of their culture to global attention. Who are the Koreans? What are they like? The New Koreans examines how they have been perceived by outsiders, the features that color their "national...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250065054
• ISBN13: 9781250065056
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"