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Lonely Planet: Korea recommended reads

guides




1. Berlitz: Korean for Travelers
   
   
2. In Introductory Course in Korean by Fred Lukoff
   
   
3. Korea's Golden Age by Edward B. Adams
   
   
4. Korean Guide: A Glimpse of Korea's Cultural Legacy by Edward B. Adams
   
   
5. Lonely Planet: Korean Phrasebook

history/politics




1. Korean Old and New: A History from the Korea Institute at Harvard University
   
   
2. Korea: Tradition and Transformation by Andrew C. Nahm
   
   
3. The Comfort Women
   
   
4. True Stories of the Korean Comfort Women by Keith Howard
   
   
5. The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History by Don Oberdorfer
   
   
6. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History by Bruce Cummings
   
   
7. The Abacus and the Sword: the Japanese Penetration of Korea by Peter Duus
   
   
8. The Confucian Transformation of Korea by Martina Deuchler
   
   
9. Confucian Gentlemen and Barbarian Envoys by Martina Deuchler
   
   
10. Korea's Golden Age by Edward B. Adams (recommended read before visiting Gyeongju, Korea's living museum

travel




1. To Dream of Pigs by Clive Leatherdale
   
   
2. Korea and her Neighbors by Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop

business




1. Troubled Tiger: Business Men, bureaucrats, and Generals in South Korea by Mark Clifford
   
   
2. The Chaebol by Steers, Shin, and Ungson
   
   
3. Korean Dynasty: Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung by Donald Kirk