The Dawn of Modern Korea: Transformation in Life and Cityscape

Andrei Lankov, The Dawn of Modern Korea: The Transformation in Life and Cityscape. Seoul: Eunhaeng NaMu, 2012.

Soft cover, stiff card wraps, 374 pages, illustrations.

Fine condition.

'The 20th century was a time of great changes for any country, but in Korea these changes were especially dramatic. In 1960, it was one of the world's poorest countries. By 2000 it transformed itself into one of the worlds largest economies. This astonishing transformation completely changed Koreans' daily life as well.

'The book describes how small but essential things have changed over the last century, and how new technology and ideas arrived in Korea for the first time. Within the last century photographs, newspapers, movies, restaurants, electric lights, cars (as well as accidents caused by them), subways, and so many other things appeared in Korea. In this book Andrei Lankov details how these "modern things" changed the centuries-old ways of Korean life.'

'Andrei Lankov graduated from the Leningrad (now Petersburg) State University in 1986 and received his PhD from the same school in 1989. He has worked and studied in North and South Korea, Russia, and Australia.'