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Contentious Kwangju : the May 18 uprising in Korea's past and present
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Contentious Kwangju : the May 18 uprising in Korea's past and present

Author: Gi-Wook Shin; Kyung Moon Hwang
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2003.
Series: Asia/Pacific/perspectives
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gi-Wook Shin; Kyung Moon Hwang
ISBN: 0742519619 9780742519619 0742519627 9780742519626
OCLC Number: 51615217
Description: xxxi, 159 p., [2] p. of plates : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction -- Gi-wook Shin -- Part I : Origins and development -- 1. The formation of an "absolute community" / Jung-woon Choi -- 2. Simin'gun: the citizens army during the Kwangju uprising / Jong-chul Ahn -- 3. An American missionary's view / Jean W. Underwood -- 4. Has Kwangju been realized? / Keun-sik Jung -- Part II : Legacy and representation -- 5. From heroic victims to disabled survivors: The 5-18 injured after twenty years / Linda S. Lewis and Ju-na Byun -- 6. The Kwangju uprising as a vehicle of democratization : a comparative perspective / Jung-kwan Cho -- 7. Victims and heroes : competing visions of May 18 / Don Baker -- 8. Reinventing the region: the cultural politics of place in Kwangju city and South Cholla province / Sallie Yea -- Afterword: Kwangju: the historical watershed / Kyung Moon Hwang.
Series Title: Asia/Pacific/perspectives
Other Titles: May 18 uprising in Korea's past and present
Responsibility: edited by Gi-Wook Shin and Kyung Moon Hwang.

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