Hyunhee Park (City University of New York)

Soju

A Global History

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Produktbeschreibung

The first global study of the distinctive Korean soju beverage. Tracing the history of soju from the premodern world to the twenty-first century, Hyunhee Park provides fascinating new insights into the transfer of technology, flows of trade, cross-cultural encounters, and Korea's place in Eurasian history.

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Produktdetails

• Asian Connections
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 297
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781108816113
• ISBN-10: 1108816118
• Artikelnr.: 64359137

Autorenporträt

Hyunhee Park is Associate Professor of History at the City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Soju and Arak: The Eurasian Roots of Distilled Liquors; 2. The Mongols and the Rise of Soju in Kory
Korea; 3. Contextualizing Soju: Political Relations and Cultural Transfers between the Mongol Empire and Kory
Korea; 4. Distilling Soju at Court and Home in Chos
n Korea; 5. Challenges of Modernity: The Rise of Modern Industrial Soju and Revival of Traditional Soju; 6. Alcohol Globalism: Distillation Technology in Afro-Eurasia and other areas of the World - The Cases of Japan and Mexico; Conclusion: Soju in Global Cross-Cultural Exchanges.