Format:
Online-Ressource (xx, 684 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1283618060
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0253000246
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9780253000781
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9781283618069
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9780253000248
Content:
Contemporary North and South Korea are nations of radical contrasts: one a bellicose totalitarian state with a failing economy; the other a peaceful democracy with a strong economy. Yet their people share a common history that extends back more than 3,000 years. In this comprehensive new history of Korea from the prehistoric era to the present day, Jinwung Kim recounts the rich and fascinating story of the political, social, cultural, economic, and diplomatic developments in Korea's long march to the present. He provides a detailed account of the origins of the Korean people and language an
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Dawn of the Korean Nation; The Prehistoric Age; The Origins of the Korean People; Old Choson; Confederated Kingdoms; 2. The Period of the Three Kingdoms (57 bc-ad 676); The Growth of Koguryo; The Rise and Decline of Paekche; The Rise and Growth of Silla; The Rise and Fall of Kaya; Silla's Unification; Political and Social Structure of the Three Kingdoms; Culture of the Three Kingdoms; The Three Kingdoms and Japan; A ""History War"" with China; 3. Parhae, Unified Silla, and the Later Three Kingdoms (676-936)
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The Rise and Growth of ParhaeThe Government and Society of Unified Silla; Unified Silla's Flourishing Culture; The Later Three Kingdoms; 4. The First Half of the Koryo Period (918-1170); Forging a Centralized Government; Ruling Structure; Economic and Social Structure; Foreign Relations in the Early Koryo Period; Development of Aristocratic Culture; 5. The Second Half of the Koryo Period (1170-1392); Disturbances in Koryo Society; Koryo and the Mongols; The Downfall of Koryo; 6. The First Half of the Choson Period (1392-1650); The Establishment of a New Order
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Reorganization of the Ruling StructureSocial Structure and Economic Life; Territorial Expansion and Foreign Relations; Culture in Early Choson; The Growth of the Neo- Confucian Literati; The Struggle with the Japanese and Manchus; 7. The Second Half of the Choson Period (1650-1910); The Revival of the Dynasty; Cultural Rehabilitation; The Dynasty in Disturbance; Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century; Policies of the Taewon'gun; The Open- Door Policy and the Reform Movement; The Tonghak Peasant War and the Kabo Reform; The Downfall of Choson
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8. The Period of Japanese Colonial Rule (1910-1945)Government by the Bayonet and the March First Movement; Japan's Shift to the ""Cultural Policy"" and Korean Nationalism; Japan's Tightening Grip on Korea and Korean Nationalism; Japan's Revisionist History of Korea; The Allied Powers' Wartime Policy on Korea; 9. Liberation, Division, and War (1945-1953); From Occupation to a Separate Government in Southern Korea; Economic and Social Problems in Southern Korea; Northern Korea after Liberation; The Two Koreas before the Korean War; The Korean War
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10. The Period of Postwar Reconstruction (1953-1971)The Establishment of Authoritarian Rule in South Korea; The South Korean Economy and Society; South Korea's Relations with the United States and Japan; The Rise of the Juche State in North Korea; The North Korean Economy; North Korea's Foreign Relations; 11. Reversal of Fortunes (1972-1992); From Autocratic Rule to Democracy in South Korea; The Prospering South Korean Economy; Militaristic South Korean Society; South Korea's Foreign Relations; The Totalitarian State in North Korea; The North Korean Economy; North Korea's Foreign Relations
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North-South Korean Relations
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1283613816
Additional Edition:
Print version A History of Korea : From ""Land of the Morning Calm"" to States in Conflict
Language:
English
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