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A Family of No Prominence: The Descendants of Pak Tŏkhwa and the Birth of Modern Korea
Contributor(s): Park, Eugene Y. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0804788766     ISBN-13: 9780804788762
Publisher: Stanford University Press
OUR PRICE: $76.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: April 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry
- History | Asia - Korea
- History | Social History
Dewey: 929.209
LCCN: 2013033797
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.1" W x 9.28" L (1.06 lbs) 264 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Making use of both documentary evidence and oral history, A Family of No Prominence addresses issues of identity, modernity, colonialism, memory, and historical agency through a multigenerational study of a hitherto unknown family, tracing their emergence in early modern Korea and the plight of their descendants in the modern era.
 
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