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Under the black umbrella : voices from colonial Korea, 1910-1945 / Hildi Kang.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2001.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 166 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801470165
Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS916 .U534 2001
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
First Encounters -- Change by Choice -- Shouts of Independence -- A Map Changed My Life--Hong Ulsu -- Choosing an Education -- Through the Eye of a Needle--Kang Pyongju -- Business Ventures and Adventures -- I Almost Went to Canada--Yi Okhyon -- Change by Coercion -- A Red Line Marks My Record--Yi Hajon -- Passive Resistance -- Thought Police Stay for Dinner--Yu Hyegyong -- Becoming Japanese -- Drafted to the Kobe Shipyards--Chong Chaesu -- The War Effort -- Mansei Korea Forever--Ten Thousand Years -- Bringing the Stories Up to Date, 1945-1997 -- Historical Overview, 1850-1945.
Review: "In the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella, elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities of Korea during the colonial period. Hildi Kang here reinvigorates a period of Korean history long shrouded in the silence of those who endured under the "black umbrella" of Japanese colonial rule."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

First Encounters -- Change by Choice -- Shouts of Independence -- A Map Changed My Life--Hong Ulsu -- Choosing an Education -- Through the Eye of a Needle--Kang Pyongju -- Business Ventures and Adventures -- I Almost Went to Canada--Yi Okhyon -- Change by Coercion -- A Red Line Marks My Record--Yi Hajon -- Passive Resistance -- Thought Police Stay for Dinner--Yu Hyegyong -- Becoming Japanese -- Drafted to the Kobe Shipyards--Chong Chaesu -- The War Effort -- Mansei Korea Forever--Ten Thousand Years -- Bringing the Stories Up to Date, 1945-1997 -- Historical Overview, 1850-1945.

"In the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella, elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities of Korea during the colonial period. Hildi Kang here reinvigorates a period of Korean history long shrouded in the silence of those who endured under the "black umbrella" of Japanese colonial rule."--BOOK JACKET.

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