Review: The Korean Way

The Korean Way by Edward B. Adams
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It is interesting to read books like this so as to see how Korea was perceived by outsiders back in the 70s. I doubt this book is still in print, and there's no real reason for it to be, but it was good to read in a short session. The most interesting chapter was probably the one by Alice Rhee, returning to Korea after having grown up in the U.S., and her impressions of the school system during the late 70s.

Also, this book claims that Ewha University was the "largest women's college in the world". I wonder if that was really the case. It also included a nice brief summary of all Chosun dynasty kings (which they call the Yi dynasty).

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