Recommended Reading...on Korean Culture and History

Recommended Reading...

A frequent BCW request is to recommend books on Korea
and its culture. Understanding Korean culture is a
vital step in comprehending its business culture and
the roots of Korean norms and common practices.

I’ve authored several books that will give you and
your team some background on Korea’s recent past. In
fact, my focus is early Western influence in Korea,
although I write on popular Korean culture, too.

Book Descriptions

Book 1 Click here for link

Intrepid Americans: Bold Koreans―Early Korean Trade,
Concessions, And Entrepreneurship is a fascinating
study of noteworthy interactions and significant
events in the early development of U.S.-Korean
relations. With relevancy in looking at contemporary
South Korea, the reader will gain an understanding
into how radically Korea’s economy has transformed
over the last century.

This book provides captivating insights into the birth
of modern South Korean entrepreneurialism and
commerce. These glimpses presented through numerous
photographs, illustrations, narratives, commentary,
and comprehensive appendixes will give the reader a
greater appreciation into the recent South Korean
economic progress.

A noteworthy feature of the book is the role played by
American businessmen and Protestant missionaries on
the peninsula. In fact, I point out that Americans
along with bringing new technology to Korea, heralded
capitalism and promoted entrepreneurship―characteristics that reemerged in
South Korea during the last quarter of the twentieth
century and have spurred phenomenal economic and business development.

Book 2 (for those who like historic novels) Click here for link

A Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm: A
Historical Novel; Book One, 1890 -1895
Connecticut Yankee Josh Gillet longed for high adventure and
travel. Leaving late nineteenth century New England
for a sojourn in Japan, Josh soon finds himself in the
Hermit Kingdom―Korea.

Coming of age is always filled with trial and
tribulation. For Josh Gillet, intense life experiences
are forged in an ancient land that has become the
political chessboard for imperialist powers―amid a
bold Protestant missionary movement and Anglo
merchants with hopes of wealth. Josh quickly learns
that high adventure, opportunity, and a budding
romance come at a price as cultures collide.

BTW This short, concise book is reminiscent of the
incredibly popular American Dime Novel of the late
nineteenth century. In fact like a Dime Novel, A
Yankee in the Land of the Morning Calm is first in a
series of four books. Book Two will be published later
this year.

Book 3 An eBook on popular Korean Culture.

Coffee, Cars, and Corporations: Thoughts on Korean
Business and Popular Culture is an eBook is in PDF
format and is 35 pages. Complimentary copies are
available from BCW.

Click here to download Coffee, Cars, and Corporations: Thoughts on
Korean Business and Popular Culture (The PDF takes a
moment to download).

I’m sure you will enjoy this snapshot of contemporary
Korean business and culture along with my other books....

Questions, comments, suggestions? Just call or email.
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Sincerely,

Don Southerton