Two Dreams in One Bed: Empire, Social Life, and the Origins of the North Korean Revolution in Manchuria (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society)
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Two Dreams in One Bed: Empire, Social Life, and the Origins of the North Korean Revolution in Manchuria (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society)
The contribution of the Western democracies to the awakening of the East has been indirect and certainly unintended. They have kindled an enthusiasm of resentment against the West; and it is this anti-Western fervor which is at present rousing the Orient from its stagnation of centuries.2
Eric Hoffer • The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)
During the first few decades of the twentieth century, Chinese and Korean ideas of gender, religion, citizenship, and many other modern institutions drew – whether consciously or not, albeit not exclusively – from recent Japanese models and ideas.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
They turned their attention to a frontier abroad: Manchuria.