Korean history : discovery of its characteristics and developments / edited by Korean National Commission for UNESCO.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yunesŭk'o Han'guk Wiwŏnhoe.

Series:

Anthology of Korean studies ; v. 5.

Anthology of Korean studies ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korea--History.

Korea.

History.

Korea--History--Philosophy.

Philosophy.

Local Subjects:

Korea--History.

Korea--History--Philosophy.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Korea Society (New York, N.Y.) (donor)

Physical Description:

xv, 684 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Elizabeth, NJ : Hollym, 2004.

Contents:

Part I. Formation of Korean nation and ancient period

Theories on the formative period of the Korean Minjok / Noh Tae Don 3

Formation of the ethnic Korean nation and the emergence of its ancient kingdom states / Kim Jung Bae 27

Prehistoric rock art in Korea : Ban-gudae / Werner Sasse 37

Korean-Japanese relations during the Taika reforms : a perspective of international cooperation / Kim Hyun-Koo 57

A new interpretation of the problems of Mimana / Chun Kawn-Woo 71

Hwarang organization : its functions and ethics / Vladimir Tikhonov 115

Several questions in historical studies of Balhae / Song Kiho 133

Part II. Goryeo period

Politics and culture within the Sinic zone : Chinese influences on medieval Korea / Keith Pratt 161

The landowning slave : a Korean phenomenon / Ellen Salem 185

Social changes from the late Goryeo to early Joseon periods / Yi Tae-Jin 199

Part III. Joseon period

The Gwageo examination system during the Goryeo and early Joseon periods / Lee Song Mu 221

Confucian politics and the Sallim scholars during the Joseon dynasty / Lee Woo Sung 245

Perception of nature in the Joseon period / Yang Bo Kyung

Korean envoys and their relations with Japan in the 17th to 19th centuries / Yi Chin-Hui

The role of Hangang river merchants and the commercial development in the late Joseon dynasty / Kang Man-gil 307

Western science and Silhak scholars / Park Seong-rae 327

Dasan's thought on Western learning and Confucianism / Keum Jang-tae 363

Part IV. Modern period

Was Korea really a "hermit nation"? / Yi Tae-Jin 385

The peasant war in 1894 and the growth of peasant society / Lee Young-ho 413

A comparison of the 1894 peasant army revolution and the French revolution / Shin Yong-Ha 429

Korea's responses to social Darwinism / Lee Kwang-rin 439

Japanese challenge and Korean response, 1870-1910 : a brief historical survey / Lew Young Ick 475

Korea and tsarist Russia : Russian interests, policy, and involvement in Korea, 1884-1904 / Andrew C. Nahm 499

The road to colonization : Korea under imperialism / Kim Ki-Jung 525

Part V. Colonial period and post-liberation period

Korean resistance to imperial Japanese aggression and the development of the independence movement / Yun Pyong Suk 553

The nature and process of the Korean national liberation movement during the Japanese colonial period / Kang Man-gil 575

Inauguration of the Singanhoe society and the establishment of its chapters / Yi Kyun Young 595

Crisis and discord in colonial Korean agricultural society during the Great Depression / Chung Youn-Tae 617

Deduction of the national division and the premise of reunification of the Korean peninsula / Doh Jin Soon 641.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Korean history.

ISBN:

1565911776

9781565911772

OCLC:

56107531