{"product_id":"gwangju-uprising-isbn-9781788737142","title":"Gwangju Uprising","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe essential account of the South Korean 1980 pro-democracy rebellion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn May 18, 1980, student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to protest the coup d’état and the martial law government of General Chun Doo-hwan. The security forces responded with unmitigated violence. Over the next ten days hundreds of students, activists, and citizens were arrested, tortured, and murdered. The events of the uprising shaped over a decade of resistance to the repressive South Korean regime and paved the way for the country’s democratization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This fresh translation by Slin Jung of a text compiled from eyewitness testimonies presents a gripping and comprehensive account of both the events of the uprising and the political situation that preceded and followed the violence of that period. Included is a preface by acclaimed Korean novelist Hwang Sok-yong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGwangju Uprising\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital resource for those interested in East Asian contemporary history and the global struggle for democracy.\"This publication not only provides the reader with an incredible history of the ten days in May 1980 when the uprising occurred, it does so by keeping the spirit of the uprising intact...I couldn't help but be reminded of John Reed's classic journalism on Russia's October Revolution, \u003ci\u003eTen Days That Shook the World\u003c\/i\u003e or even the slender text by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair reporting the 1999 uprising in Seattle against the World Trade Organization, \u003ci\u003e5 Days That Shook the World: Seattle and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e. Still, this book goes beyond these titles in its depth and breadth discussing what was perhaps one of the greatest post-Sixties movements until the series of anti-capitalist globalization protests that shook up the world from 1999-2001. Besides its role as a journal, it also serves as a handbook - a manual, if you will - of how such events unfold and how they are run.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ron Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eCounterpunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Serves as a testament not only to the broad mobilization for democracy, but also to the painstaking efforts of those who collected and published the information in defiance of the government.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Darcie Draudt, \u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The story of the Gwangju Uprising is preserved in this book...it is a history that deserves to be recorded and deserves to be shared.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eInternational Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGwangju Uprising\u003c\/i\u003e sets the record straight with far too much detail to refute, offering a sobering lesson for the people of the future about what sacrifices were made for freedom in the Republic of Korea...A moving work of exceptional scholarship.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Patrick McShane, \u003ci\u003eAsian Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book celebrates the courage and tenacity of the people, particularly the brave writers who persevered during an era of an oppressive dictatorship, and recorded the struggle for human rights, freedom, and against a succession of corrupt leaders, and the witnesses who boldly came forward during that era to tell their stories in an environment of oppression and fear.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Bill Drucker, \u003ci\u003eKorean Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHwang Sok-yong\u003c\/b\u003e has achieved international acclaim and his status as an imprisoned, exiled, and dissident author has been championed by World PEN. His many novels include \u003ci\u003eAt Dusk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFamiliar Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guest.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301722902757,"sku":"NP9781788737142","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788737142.jpg?v=1767728593","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/gwangju-uprising-isbn-9781788737142","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}