A Collection of Writings by Dr. Yoon Mo Lee

From the early 1970s through the late 2010s, Korean American community leader Yoon Mo Lee authored hundreds of columns for the Korean Americans of the Midwest; first as a reporter and editor-in-chief of the Korea Times-Chicago, and later as a freelance journalist for several Korean-language publications. His experiences as a sociologist and a community activist shaped his writing, and his columns therefore offer unique insight into the concerns of the Korean American community of...
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From the early 1970s through the late 2010s, Korean American community leader Yoon Mo Lee authored hundreds of columns for the Korean Americans of the Midwest; first as a reporter and editor-in-chief of the Korea Times-Chicago, and later as a freelance journalist for several Korean-language publications. His experiences as a sociologist and a community activist shaped his writing, and his columns therefore offer unique insight into the concerns of the Korean American community of Chicago over nearly five decades. This compilation includes his early series, "Ethnic Americans," proposing lessons that the 1970s Korean immigrant population could learn from Japanese, Jewish, and Irish American immigrants, as well as his long-running acclaimed editorial "Spearhead." Also included are some of Dr. Lee's sociological seminar papers. For anyone wanting to delve into the history or sociology of the Korean American community of Chicago, this book is a must-read.