[Korean study series 19]

This book summerizes the history of 5.5 million Overseas Koreans and their lives in more than 140 nations in the world. Historical background and living conditions of host societies are different each other. However there are common characteristics which identify them as Korean: the hard working people and model middle-class minority in the host countries.

세계 140여 개국의 550만 재외한국인의 삶과 역사를 요약한 것이다. 이들이 사는 사회의 생활 여건과 역사적 배경은 제각기 다르지만 그들이 한국인으로서 구별되는 공통적 특징이 있다면 바로 근면․성실하고 모범적인 중산층으로 살고 있다는 점이다.

Ⅰ. Overseas Koreans in General
-Overseas Koreans

Ⅱ. Overseas Koreans in Theoretical Consideration
-Overseas Koreans in the Global Context
-Korean Identity : Through Overseas Koreans

Ⅲ. Koreans in Different Societies
-Psychological Problem of Korean Family in the United States
-Impact of the Korean War and the Problem of the Korean Minority in Japan
-The Problem of Other Culture in Japan : Psychological Problem of Koreans in Japan
-Continuity and Discontinuity of the Korean Traditional Culture in Japan and in the United States
-Korean Migration and Minority Status in Japan : The Returnee Problem
-Culture of Overseas Koreans : Continuities and Changes in Case of Koreans in Former USSR