Base Encounters - The Us Armed Forces in South Korea

Ethnographic introduction to the social, economic and political factors that have contributed to tensions on the ground over US bases in South Korea

About the author

Elisabeth Schober is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, where she is affiliated with the 'Overheating' project. She is also the author of Base Encounters: The US Armed Forces in South Korea (Pluto Press, 2016).

Summary

Ethnographic introduction to the social, economic and political factors that have contributed to tensions on the ground over US bases in South Korea

Product details

• Authors: Elisabeth Schober, Schober Elisabeth
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.04.2016
• EAN: 9780745336053
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3605-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society; Anthropology, Culture and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; HISTORY / Military / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Warfare & defence, South Korea, Social and cultural anthropology, War Crimes, Warfare and defence, Military life & institutions, Military institutions, For higher / tertiary / university education