To the Diamond Mountains (eBook)

A Hundred-Year Journey through China and Korea

Tessa Morris-Suzuki (Autor)

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2010
216 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-0505-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Following in the footsteps of a writer, artist, and feminist who traveled the route a century ago, To the Diamond Mountains takes readers on a unique journey through China and North and South Korea. By probing the deep past of Northeast Asia at a present moment of profound change, this book offers a fresh perspective on the region's future.

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This compelling and engaging book takes readers on a unique journey through China and North and South Korea. Tessa Morris-Suzuki travels from Harbin in the north to Busan in the south, and on to the mysterious Diamond Mountains, which lie at the heart of the Korean Peninsulas crisis. As she follows in the footsteps of a remarkable writer, artist, and feminist who traced the route a century agoin the year when Korea became a Japanese colonyher saga reveals an unseen face of China and the two Koreas: a world of monks, missionaries, and smugglers; of royal tombs and socialist mausoleums; a world where todays ideological confrontations are infused with myth and memory. Northeast Asia is poised at a moment of profound change as the rise of China is transforming the global order and tensions run high on the Korean Peninsula, the last Cold War divide. Probing the deep past of this region, To the Diamond Mountains offers a new and unexpected perspective on its present and future.

Autor

Tessa Morris-Suzuki is professor in the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. She is the winner of the 2013 Fukuoka Prize. To watch the author's video about making the book, click here.

Inhalt

Prologue: May Day on the Yalu RiverChapter 1: On the Move: To Harbin and HulanChapter 2: Manchurian Ghosts: Changchun and ShenyangChapter 3: Of Sacred Mountains: Liaoyang and the Thousand PeaksChapter 4: Borderlands: From Shanyang to DandongChapter 5: Across the Bridge: To Sinuiju and beyondChapter 6: Diversion: On TimeChapter 7: The New Jerusalem: PyongyangChapter 8: Both Sides Now: Kaesong, Dorasan, and the Line in BetweenChapter 9: In the Palace of the Murdered Queen: SeoulChapter 10: Islands in the Bay: To BusanChapter 11: The Road to the Mountains: South from WonsanChapter 12: Traveling Hopefully

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • China Studies • Korea studies
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-0505-9 / 1442205059
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-0505-5 / 9781442205055