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Two Dreams in One Bed: Empire, Social Life, and the Origins of the North Korean Revolution in Manchuria

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Description for Two Dreams in One Bed: Empire, Social Life, and the Origins of the North Korean Revolution in Manchuria Paperback. A detailed examination of the contest in Manchuria between Korean, Chinese, and Japanese interests and its consequences for history Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 photos, 6 tables, 3 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBLW; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Rethinking a key epoch in East Asian history, Hyun Ok Park formulates a new understanding of early-twentieth-century Manchuria. Most studies of the history of modern Manchuria examine the turbulent relations of the Chinese state and imperialist Japan in political, military, and economic terms. Park presents a compelling analysis of the constitutive effects of capitalist expansion on the social practices of Korean migrants in the region.

Drawing on a rich archive of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese sources, Park describes how Koreans negotiated the contradictory demands of national and colonial powers. She demonstrates that the dynamics of global capitalism led the Chinese and ... Read more

Through a regional and temporal comparison of Manchuria from the late nineteenth century until 1945, Park details how national and colonial powers enacted their claims to sovereignty through the regulation of access to land, work, and loans. She shows that among Korean migrants, the complex connections among Chinese laws, Japanese colonial policies, and Korean social practices gave rise to a form of nationalism in tension with global revolution—a nationalism that laid the foundation for what came to be regarded as North Korea’s isolationist politics.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822336143
SKU
V9780822336143
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Ref
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About Park
Hyun Ok Park is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at New York University.

Reviews for Two Dreams in One Bed: Empire, Social Life, and the Origins of the North Korean Revolution in Manchuria
“Original, well written, and ambitious, this volume reframes our understanding of ‘the social’ in a new way. By emphasizing the ways in which the Korean diaspora served as a mechanism for extending Japanese empire and by attending to various organizations of agricultural production and the everyday signs of difference, Hyun Ok Park develops a deeply social account of historical capitalism ... Read more

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