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A history of Korea : an episodic narrative
Author
Title
A history of Korea : an episodic narrative / Kyung Moon Hwang.
ISBN
9781352013023
1352013029
9781352012583
1352012588
9781350932784
Edition
3rd edition.
Publication
London : Red Globe Press, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
xix, 286 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 22 cm.
Notes
Previous edition: 2017.
Summary
"Dynamic and meticulously researched, A History of Korea continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history. Assuming no prior knowledge, Hwang guides readers from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern experience in both North and South Korea. Structured around episodic accounts, each chapter begins by discussing a defining moment in Korean history in context, with an extensive examination of how the events and themes under consideration have been viewed up to the present day. By engaging with recurring themes such as collective identity, external influence, social hierarchy, family and gender, the author introduces the major historical events, patterns and debates that have shaped both North and South Korea over the past 1500 years. This textbook is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Korean or Asian history. The first half of the book covers pre-20th century history, and the second half the modern era, making it ideal for survey courses."--Publisher description.
Other formats
ebook version :
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2023
Series
Macmillan essential histories
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Goguryeo and Early Korea
Queen Seondeok and Silla's Unification
The Maturation and Decline of Unified Silla
Elements of Goryeo's Founding
Religion and Regionalism in the Goryeo Order
Survival and Adaptation in the Mongol Overlord Period
Competing Views of the Goryeo-Joseon Transition
Confucianism and the Family in the Early Joseon Era
Surviving the Great Invasions, 1592-1637
Ideology, Family, and Nationhood in the Mid-Joseon Era
Intellectual Opening in the Late Eighteenth Century
Popular Culture and Society in the Late Joseon Era
Nineteenth-Century Unrest
1894, A Fateful Year
Rise and Fall of the Great Korean Empire
Responses to the Japanese Takeover, 1904-18
Stirrings of Social Change in the Long 1920s
Nation, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Late Colonial Period
Wrenching Trials of Wartime Mobilization, 1938-45
Promises and Perils of the Liberation Period, 1945-50
Multiple Sides of the Korean War
History and Autonomy in Early North Korea
Striving for Revolution in 1960s South Korea
Culture and Politics in 1970s South Korea
Monumental Life in North Korea
South Korea's Extended Democratization
South Korean Renewal in the Early Twenty-First Century
Epilogue: Historical Reckoning in the Two Koreas, 2010-2020.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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