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9780824826840

Century of the Tiger: One Hundred Years of Korean Culture in America 1903-2003

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  • ISBN13:

    9780824826840

  • ISBN10:

    0824826841

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

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Summary

Gathered here are works by some of the best and most eloquent Korean authors in Korea and America, past and present. They tell the dramatic story of Korean culture in America over the last century and of the diverse experiences of Korean Americans today, particularly in Hawai'i.

Table of Contents

Introduction Rock, Pine Tree, Willow Bough 8(6)
Land of Morning Calm
Korean History: An Introduction
14(3)
Edward J. Shultz
The Valley of Utopia and Doomsday from The Grass Roof
17(13)
Younghill Kang
Sailing to the Garden of Mugunghwa
The First Wave Pioneers: An Introduction
30(3)
Esther Kwon Arinaga
East Goes West from East Goes West
33(11)
Younghill Kang
Aboji's Story: An Interview with My Father
44(5)
Morris Pang
Oahu and Riverside from Quiet Odyssey
49(10)
Mary Paik Lee
Manse!
The Struggle for Independence: An Introduction
59(1)
Esther Kwon Arinaga
The Resistance from Home Was the Land of Morning Calm
60(5)
K. Connie Kang
Haesu from Clay Walls
65(12)
Kim Ronyoung
The Tragic Split from The Dreams of Two Yi-min
77(8)
Margaret K. Pai
Lost Names from Lost Names
85(15)
Richard E. Kim
War and Liberation
Koreans in Wartime Hawai'i: An Introduction
100(5)
Michael E. Macmillan
Faye from Clay Walls
105(10)
Kim Ronyoung
Poinciana from The Dreams of Two Yi-min
115(8)
Margaret K. Pai
Rebirth
123(10)
Gary Pak
Escaping the Oncoming Communists from Home Was the Land of Morning Calm
133(6)
K. Connie Kang
The Death of Kwang Ja from The Queen of Tears
139(11)
Chris McKinney
Cranes
150(6)
Hwang Sun-Won
New Arrivals in a Changed America
Once Upon a Time in America: An Introduction
156(3)
Jenny Ryun Foster
One Big Word from Skull Water
159(12)
Heinz Insu Fenkl
Magdalena
171(16)
Caroline Jeong-Mee Kim
Coming Home Again
187(10)
Chang-Rae Lee
Compassion
197(18)
June Unjoo Yang
Home Spheres
215(18)
Ha-Yun Jung
The Lone Night Cantina
233(14)
Don Lee
Celebrating the Tiger 247

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