The forgotten Home Front : Roger Marshutz's photographs of Pusan, South Korea, 1952-54 /
"As the Korean war (1950-1953) drew to a close and South Korea began to rebuild, American GI Roger Marshutz (1929-2007) was stationed in Pusan to photograph U.S. reconstruction efforts. In his spare time, Marshutz also wandered the streets, documenting the daily life of Korean civilians. The Fo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA :
Peabody Museum Press,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "As the Korean war (1950-1953) drew to a close and South Korea began to rebuild, American GI Roger Marshutz (1929-2007) was stationed in Pusan to photograph U.S. reconstruction efforts. In his spare time, Marshutz also wandered the streets, documenting the daily life of Korean civilians. The Forgotten Home Front: Roger Marshutz's Photographs of Pusan, South Korea, 1952-1954 offers both an official and unofficial look at U.S.-South Korean relations, as well as a portrait of a country in the midst of enormous political, economic, and cultural transformation."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Preface by Carter J. Eckert. "The publication of The Forgotten Homefront: Roger Marshutz's Photographs of Pusan, 1952-54 follows the exhibition Reconfiguring Korea: Roger Marshutz's Photographs of Pusan, 1952 at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, which ran from February 15, 2006-September 2006, curated by Sean C. Kim and Ilisa Barbash." -- Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674294196 067429419X |