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Quiet Odyssey

A Pioneer Korean Woman in America

Quiet Odyssey( )
Author: Lee, Mary Paik
Introduction by: Chan, Sucheng
Series title:A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book Ser.
ISBN:978-0-295-96969-5
Publication Date:Jan 1990
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $22.95
Book Description:

Mary Paik Lee, born Paik Kuang Sun in 1900, left her native country in 1905, traveling with her parents as a political refugee after Japan imposed control over Korea at the close of the Russo-Japanese War. Her father labored in the sugar plantations of Hawaii for a year and a half before taking his family to California, where Mrs. Lee has lived ever since. Though her father knew the comforts enjoyed by the educated traditional elite in Korea, after emigration he and his family...
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Book Details
Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies
Social Science / Women's Studies
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.83 Inches
Book Weight:0.849 Pounds



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