Contentious Spirits: Religion in Korean American History, 1903-1945

by David K. Yoo

Book Overview

Contentious Spirits explores the role of religion in Korean American history during the first half of the twentieth century in Hawai'i and California. Historian David K. Yoo argues that religion is the most important aspect of this group's experience because its structures and sensibilities address the full range of human experience.

Framing the book are three relational themes: religion & race, migration & exile, and colonialism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080476929X
• ISBN13: 9780804769297
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"