Memories of May 1980 - A Documentary History of the Kwangju Uprising in Korea

by Ryu Shimin, Jung Sangyong
Trans. by Park Hyejin

size: 223*152mm 432 pages. publisher: Kwangju Minjuhwa-undong Kinyeom-saeophoi, 2004.

About this book

After 24 years since it occurred, these authors take on one of the most controversial and significant scenes of modern Korean history, Kwangju People's Uprising.

Table of contents

Preface to the Engilsh Edition
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgment: The Struggle is Not Yet Over

Part One : Prelude to the Uprising
1. Historical Background
2. The Power of Laborers
3. The Student Movement in the Vanguard of Reform

Part Two : The Kwangju People's Uprising
4. The Eve of the Storm
5. The Massacre
6. Rebellion at Last
7. Kwangju Liberated
8. The Lonely City
9. The Final Uprising

Part Three : Aftermath of the Uprising
10. Handing of Victims
11. Epilogue : May Marching Forward
12. Essay : Kwangju Revived? Past, Present and Future

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