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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459280903321

Autore

Morris-Suzuki Tessa

Titolo

To the Diamond Mountains [[electronic resource] ] : a hundred-year journey through China and Korea / / Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010

ISBN

0-8108-9621-4

1-282-82052-4

9786612820526

1-4422-0505-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Asia/Pacific/perspectives

Disciplina

915.104/6

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Asia Description and travel

China Description and travel

Diamond Mountains (Korea) Description and travel

Korea (North) Description and travel

Korea (South) Description and travel

China Social life and customs

Korea (North) Social life and customs

Korea (South) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Prologue; May Day on the Yalu River; Chapter One; On the Move; To Harbin and Hulan; chapter two; Manchurian Ghosts; Changchun and Shenyang; chapter three; Of Sacred Mountains; Liaoyang and the Thousand Peaks; chapter four; Borderlands; From Shenyang to Dandong; chapter five; Across the Bridge; To Sinuiju and Beyond; Chapter Six; Diversion; On Time; chapter seven; The New Jerusalem; Pyongyang; Chapter Eight; Both Sides Now; Kaesong, Dorasan, and the Line in Between; chapter nine; In the Palace of the Murdered Queen; Seoul; Chapter Ten; Islands in the Bay; To Busan

Chapter ElevenThe Road to the Mountains; South from Wonsan; chapter twelve; Traveling Hopefully; Selected Bibliography; About the Author



Sommario/riassunto

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.