01423cam a22002055i 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003202000310007304000130010408200220011710000380013924500580017725000130023526400490024830000320029749000300032952008310035965000270119053979BD-DhIUB20230914141202.0190830s2020    nyu           000 0 eng    a9780198830771q(paperback)  cBD-DhIUB04223a951.9bS4951k0 aSeth, Michael J.,d1948-eauthor.10aKorea: ba very Short Introduction /cMichael J Seth.  a1st ed.  1aNew York :bOxford University Press,cc2020.  a139 p. : bill. ; c18 cm. 0 a very Short Introductions  aHaving spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbours China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest for radically different reasons--the South as an economic success story and for its vibrant popular culture; the North as the home to one of the world's most repressive regimes, at once both bizarre and menacing. This book explores the history, culture, and society of a deeply divided region. Michael Seth considers what it means to be Korean, and analyses how the various peoples of the Korean peninsula became one of the world's most homogeneous nations, before exploring how this nation evolved, in a single lifetime, into today's sharply contrasting societies. He also discusses how Korea fits into the larger narrative of both East Asian and world history, economically, politically, and socially    a South Korean History