Rationalizing Korea: The Rise of the Modern State, 1895–1945. By Kyung Moon Hwang (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2016) 395 pp. $75.00 cloth $34.95 paper

@article{Caprio2017RationalizingKT,
  title={Rationalizing Korea: The Rise of the Modern State, 1895–1945. By Kyung Moon Hwang (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2016) 395 pp. \$75.00 cloth \$34.95 paper},
  author={Mark E. Caprio},
  journal={Journal of Interdisciplinary History},
  year={2017},
  volume={47},
  pages={576-578}
}
  • Mark E. Caprio
  • Published 3 February 2017
  • Political Science
  • Journal of Interdisciplinary History
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