Past Forward: Essays in Korean History - Paperback

Kyung Moon Hwang is professor of history and East Asian languages and cultures, University of Southern California, USA, where he teaches courses on Korean history, East Asian studies and world history. He is the author of 'A History of Korea--an Episodic Narrative' (2016), 'Rationalizing Korea: The Rise of the Modern State, 1894-1945' (2015) and 'Beyond Birth--Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea' (2004), and co-editor of 'Contentious Kwangju--the May Uprising in Korea's Past and Present' (2003).