Dong Bae Lee. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas: Nationalism, Ideologies, and Education. Routledge, 2024. 246 pp. ISBN 978-0-367-33051-4 (hbk) $ 152.00

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Hyun-Sook Kang | University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign

Published online: 2 February 2026

https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.26014.kan

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Dong Bae Lee. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas: Nationalism, Ideologies, and Education. Routledge, 2024. 246 pp. ISBN 978-0-367-33051-4 (hbk) $ 152.00

Dong Bae Lee. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas: Nationalism, Ideologies, and Education. Routledge, 2024. 246 pp. ISBN 978-0-367-33051-4 (hbk) $ 152.00