Eugene Y Park: 3 books
A Family of No Prominence
The Descendants of Pak Tŏkhwa and the Birth of Modern Korea
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Koreans are known for their keen interest in genealogy and inherited ancestral status. Yet today's ordinary Korean would be hard pressed to explain the whereabouts of ancestors before the twentieth century. With A Family of No Prominence, Eugene Y. Park gives us a remarkable account of a nonelite...
A Genealogy of Dissent
The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
In early modern Korea, the Chosŏn state conducted an extermination campaign against the Kaesŏng Wang, descendants of the preceding Koryŏ dynasty. It was so thorough that most of today's descendants are related to a single survivor. Before long, however, the Chosŏn dynasty sought to bolster its...
Peace in the East
An Chunggun's Vision for Asia in the Age of Japanese Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
On October 26, 1909, the Korean patriot An Chunggŭn assassinated the Japanese statesman Itō Hirobumi in Harbin, China. More than a century later, the ramifications of An’s daring act continue to reverberate across East Asia and beyond. This volume explores the abiding significance of An, his life,...