Laying Claim to the Memory of May: A Look Back at the 1980 Kwangju Uprising
(Part of the Hawai‘i Studies on Korea Series)
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The Kwangju Uprising--"Korea's Tiananmen"--is one of the most important political events in late twentieth-century Korean history. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the imposition of military rule in the southwestern city of Kwangju in May 1980 turned into a bloody people's revolt. In the two decades since, memories of the Kwangju Uprising have lived on, assuming symbolic importance in the Korean democracy movement, underlying the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0824825438
ISBN13:9780824825430
Release Date:April 2002
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:214 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
Related Subjects
Anthropology Asia History Korea Politics & Social Sciences Revolutionary Social Sciences WorldCustomer Reviews
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