Korean History

Author : Ki-baik Lee
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1988-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674255265

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A New History of Korea by Ki-baik Lee Pdf

The first English-language history of Korea to appear in more than a decade, this translation offers Western readers a distillation of the latest and best scholarship on Korean history and culture from the earliest times to the student revolution of 1960. The most widely read and respected general history, A New History of Korea (Han’guksa sillon) was first published in 1961 and has undergone two major revisions and updatings. Translated twice into Japanese and currently being translated into Chinese as well, Ki-baik Lee’s work presents a new periodization of his country’s history, based on a fresh analysis of the changing composition of the leadership elite. The book is noteworthy, too, for its full and integrated discussion of major currents in Korea’s cultural history. The translation, three years in preparation, has been done by specialists in the field.

Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742567177

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A History of Korea by Michael J. Seth Pdf

In this comprehensive yet compact book, Michael J. Seth surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the present. He explores the origins and development of Korean society, politics, and still little-known cultural heritage, showing how this ancient, culturally and ethnically homogeneous society was wrenched into the modern world, ultimately to be arbitrarily divided into two opposed halves after World War II. Tracing the six decades since, Seth explains how the two Koreas, with their deeply different political and social systems and geopolitical orientations, evolved into sharply contrasting societies. Throughout, he adds a rich dimension by placing Korean history into broader global perspective and by including primary readings from each era. All readers looking for a balanced, knowledgeable history will be richly rewarded with this clear and concise book.

Author : Stella Xu
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498521451

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Reconstructing Ancient Korean History by Stella Xu Pdf

This book examines the contested re-readings of “Korea” in early Chinese historical records and their influence on the formation of Korean-ness in later periods. The earliest written records on “Koreans” are found in Chinese documents produced during the Han dynasty, from the third century BCE to the third century CE. Since then, these early Chinese records have been used as primary sources for writing early Korean history in Korea, China, and Japan. This study analyzes the various reinterpretations and utilizations of these early records that became more diverse by the late nineteenth century, when the reconstruction of ancient history became a crucial part of the formation of Korean national consciousness. Korea’s modern historiography was complicated by a thirty-five year colonial experience (1910–1945) under Japan. During this period, Japanese colonial scholars attempted to depict Korean history as stagnant, heteronymous, and replete with factional strife, while Korean nationalist historians strove to construct an indigenous Korean nation in order to mobilize Koreans’ national consciousness and recover political sovereignty. While focused on Korea and Northeast Asia, the links between historiography and political ideology investigated in this study are pertinent to historians in general.

Author : Heonik Kwon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108487924

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After the Korean War by Heonik Kwon Pdf

The first comprehensive analysis of the Korean War and its enduring legacies through the lenses of intimate human and social experience.

Author : Michael J Seth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317811480

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Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History by Michael J Seth Pdf

Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century when Korea became entangled in the world of modern imperialism and the old social, economic and political order began to change; this handbook brings together cutting edge scholarship on major themes in Korean History. Contributions by experts in the field cover the Late Choson and Colonial periods, Korea’s partition and the diverging paths of North and South Korea. Topics covered include: The division of Korea Religion Competing imperialisms Economic change War and rebellions Nationalism Gender North Korea Under Kim Jong Il Global Korea The Handbook provides a stimulating introduction to the most important themes within the subject area, and is an invaluable reference work for any student and researcher of Korean History.

Author : Djun Kil Kim
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0313038538

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The History of Korea by Djun Kil Kim Pdf

The Koreas are two of the few countries in the East Asian world to successfully maintain political and cultural independence from China. Originated by the Han-Ye-Maek people who had migrated from North China to Manchuria and the Korean peninsula since 2000 BCE, three Korean dynasties—Great Silla, Koryo, and Choson—kept peace and prosperity in the country since the 7th century, nurturing a civilization based on Buddhism, Confucianism and the East Asian world-system. Korea, despite experiencing Japanese dominion and the nation's division, now looks forward to enjoying its prosperity as a member of the global community and to seeing a unified Korea. This volume provides a comprehensive review of Korea's history, from its roots in Neolithic civilization, and the tradition and evolution of nation-building in the traditional East Asian world system, through Korea's global setting in modern times. Also included are a biographical section highlighting famous figures in Korean history, a timeline of important historical events, a glossary of Korean terms, and a bibliographical essay with suggestions for further reading. The historical origin of Korean identity in the East Asian world, Korea's failure to adapt to a changing East Asian world-system, as well as the political division Korea suffered in the second half of the 20th century are discussed. Readers will benefit from the inclusion of direct translations from original classical Chinese and Korean sources by the author. Excellent as a reference tool for students and general readers interested in the history of this unique nation.

Author : Michael D. Shin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107098466

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Korean History in Maps by Michael D. Shin Pdf

A concise, beautifully illustrated historical atlas of Korean history, specifically designed for English-speaking students of Korean and East Asian history.

Author : Jinwung Kim
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253000248

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A History of Korea by Jinwung Kim Pdf

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 and the founding of the first walled-town states, along with the advanced civilization that existed in the ancient land of "Unified Silla." Clarifying the often complex history of the Three Kingdoms Period, Kim chronicles the five-century long history of the Choson dynasty, which left a deep impression on Korean culture. From the beginning, China has loomed large in the history of Korea, from the earliest times when the tribes that would eventually make up the Korean nation roamed the vast plains of Manchuria and against whom Korea would soon define itself. Japan, too, has played an important role in Korean history, particularly in the 20th century; Kim tells this story as well, including the conflicts that led to the current divided state. The first detailed overview of Korean history in nearly a quarter century, this volume will enlighten a new generation of students eager to understand this contested region of Asia.

Author : Andrew C. Nahm
Publisher : Hollym International
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0930878086

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Introduction to Korean History and Culture by Andrew C. Nahm Pdf

Author : Bruce Cumings
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393347531

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Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated Edition) by Bruce Cumings Pdf

"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book Review Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century," and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings's leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War, and divided and decimated by the Korean War, has recently seen the first real hints of reunification. But positive movements forward are tempered by frustrating steps backward. In the late 1990s South Korea survived its most severe economic crisis since the Korean War, forcing a successful restructuring of its political economy. Suffering through floods, droughts, and a famine that cost the lives of millions of people, North Korea has been labeled part of an "axis of evil" by the George W. Bush administration and has renewed its nuclear threats. On both sides Korea seems poised to continue its fractured existence on into the new century, with potential ramifications for the rest of the world.

Author : Bruce Cumings
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812978964

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The Korean War by Bruce Cumings Pdf

A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive of captured North Korean documents, Bruce Cumings reveals the war as it was actually fought. He describes its origin as a civil war, preordained long before the first shots were fired in June 1950 by lingering fury over Japan’s occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945. Cumings then shares the neglected history of America’s post–World War II occupation of Korea, reveals untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, and tells of the United States officially entering the action on the side of the South, exposing as never before the appalling massacres and atrocities committed on all sides. Elegantly written and blisteringly honest, The Korean War is, like the war it illuminates, brief, devastating, and essential.

Author : Mark Peterson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781438127385

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Brief History by Mark Peterson Pdf

Written by one of the leading experts on Korea, A Brief History of Korea covers the history of Korea from the origins of the Korean people in prehistoric times to the economic and political situation in North and South Korea today. Providing a detailed overview of the cultural and historical influences that have shaped Korean society, the author discusses the major periods of Korean history Three Kingdoms, Koryo Dynasty, and Chosun Dynasty; the foreign invasions Korea has endured; the post-World War II situation that led to the country's division and the Korean War; and developments in North and South Korea from the end of the Korean War up through the present.

Author : Eugene Y. Park
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1503629848

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Korea by Eugene Y. Park Pdf

This book is a comprehensive account of Korean history from early times to December 2020.

Author : Andrew C. Nahm
Publisher : Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.A. : Hollym International Corporation
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014517836

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Korea by Andrew C. Nahm Pdf

History of the Korean People: Tradition and Transformation

Author : James H. Grayson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136869181

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Korea - A Religious History by James H. Grayson Pdf

This is an historical survey of all the religious traditions of Korea in relation to the socio-cultural trends of seven different periods of Korean history. The book includes a discussion of the history of the study of religion in Korea, a chronological description of Korean folk religion including shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, Islam, and Korean New Religions, and some final observations about the unique characteristics of religious beliefs and practices in Korea.