Hans-Alexander, Globetrotter, Abenteurer, Goldgräber. Auf deutschen Spuren im alten Korea. Mit einem Abriss zur Geschichte der Yi-Dynastie und der deutschkoreanischen Beziehungen bis 1910
Journal Title: International Journal of Korean History - Year 2011, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
The present book is a major contribution to the history of the German community in Korea during the last years of the Chosŏn (Joseon) Dynasty. Its title translates into English as Globetrotters, Adventurers, Gold Diggers. German Traces in Old Korea: With an Outline of the History of the Yi Dynasty and German-Korean Relations until 1910. The author, Hans-Alexander Kneider, is a professor of German language and literature at Hanguk University of Foreign Studies. The volume is published by Iudicium, a Munich based publishing house that is well established in German language scholarship on East Asia. After a first hardbound edition had been published in 2009, this is the second corrected edition in a paperback format.
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Klaus Dittrich
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