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A history of Korea : an episodic narrative / Kyung Moon Hwang.
Van Pelt Library DS907.18 .H93 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hwang, Kyung Moon, author.
- Series:
- Macmillan essential histories series
- Macmillan essential histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korea--History.
- Korea.
- Korea--Civilization.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 286 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- 3rd edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Red Globe Press, 2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Goguryeo and Early Korea
- Battle ofSalsu River, 612
- Ancient Korea and Goguryeo
- Rise and Fall of Goguryeo
- The Pull of Ancient History
- 2. Queen Seondeok and Silla's Unification
- Silla's Dispatch of an Embassy to Goguryeo, 642
- Buddhism and Power
- Legends of the Unification
- Silla's "Winning" Features
- 3. The Maturation and Decline of Unified Silla
- Assassination of JangBogo, 846
- Jang Bogo, Choe Chiwon, and Unified Silla Society
- Silla and Northeast Asia
- Local Strongmen and the End of Silla
- 4. Elements of Goryeo's Founding
- The Issuance of Wang Geon's "Ten Injunctions," 943
- "Great Founder of Korea"
- Vision of the Ten Injunctions
- Legacy
- 5. Religion and Regionalism in the Goryeo Order
- The Outbreak of the Myocheong Rebellion, 1135
- The Institutionalized Influence of the Buddhist Clergy
- Myocheong's Rebellion
- Aftermath
- 6. Survival and Adaptation in the Mongol Overlord Period
- The Marriage of Lady Gi to the Yuan Emperor, 1340
- The Mongol Conquest
- Goryeo Women in the Mongol Empire
- 7. Competing Views of the Goryeo-Joseon Transition
- Yi Bangwon's Purge of Jeong Dojeon, 1398
- Jeong Dojeon: From Mastermind to Political Power
- A Renaissance, Revolution, or Coup?
- Taejong's Impact
- 8. Confucianism and the Family in the Early Joseon Era
- The Drafting of Lady Yi's Will, 1541
- Early Joseon Confucianism
- Confucian Family Law and Women's Standing
- 9. Surviving the Great Invasions, 1592-1637
- The Return of Admiral Yi Sunsin, 1597
- Problems in the Korean Response
- Narratives of Heroism
- The Regional Order Remade
- 10. Ideology, Family, and Nationhood in the Mid-Joseon Era
- The Birth of a Son to Lady Jang, 1688
- King Sukjong's Triangles
- Influential Females
- Latency of the Mid-Joseon Order
- 11. Intellectual Opening in the Late Eighteenth Century
- The Return ofBak Jega to Korea, 1778
- Utility for the Greater Good
- The Sprouts of Modernity?
- 12. Popular Culture and Society in the Late Joseon Era
- Publication of Observations from the Countryside, 1862
- Tales of the People
- Other Cultural Forms
- Popular Culture and Social Consciousness
- 13. Nineteenth-Century Unrest
- The Appearance of the General Sherman, 1866
- The Nineteenth-Century Issue and Internal Problems
- The Arrival of Imperialism
- 14. 1894, A Fateful Year
- Start of the Gabo Reforms, 1894
- The Donghak Spark
- A Shrimp Caught in a Whale Fight
- Spirit of Gabo
- 15. Rise and Fall of the Great Korean Empire
- Opening of the Seoul-Incheon Rail Line, 1899
- Korea and the New Empires
- Trade and Industry
- The Spirit of Enlightenment
- 16. Responses to the Japanese Takeover, 1904-18
- Secret Mission to the Hague, 1907
- Autonomy and Modern History
- Force and Pushback
- The Deft Hand of Conquest
- 17. Stirrings of Social Change in the Long 1920s
- Opening of a Special Exhibition of Na Hyeseok's Paintings, 1921
- The March First Movement and Its Offshoots
- Korean Females in the New Age
- Religion and Social Change
- 18. Nation, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Late Colonial Period
- Doctoring of a Newspaper Photo, 1936
- Expression, Within Limits
- The Cornerstone of Modern Culture
- The Quotidian Revelations of Modern Life
- 19. Wrenching Trials of Wartime Mobilization, 1938-45
- Visit by Authors Yi Gwangsu and Choe Namseon to Japan, 1943
- Industrialization and State Domination
- Resignation, Collaboration, and Modern Identity
- The Grand Narrative: Independence Movements
- 20. Promises and Perils of the Liberation Period, 1945-50
- Elections in Southern Korea, 1948
- The Primacy of Politics: A Multi-lateral Dynamic
- Implanting the Southern System
- Troubling Historical Shadows
- 21. Multiple Sides of the Korean War
- The Hungnam Evacuation, 1950
- Civil Wars Amid the Cold War
- 6-25
- Chinese Intervention, the Stalemate, and National Memories
- 22. History and Autonomy in Early North Korea
- The Juche Speech, 1955
- Liberation Space North Korea
- Ideals and Realities of the Formative '50s
- Juche, History, and Legitimacy
- 23. Striving for Revolution in 1960s South Korea
- Student Demonstrations Against the Normalization of Relations With Japan, 1964
- Dictatorship, Democracy, and Revolutions
- Park Chung Hee
- Economic Takeoff
- Youth and Angst
- 24. Culture and Politics in 1970s South Korea
- Publication of Kim Jiha's "Five Bandits," 1970
- The Yusin Decade
- Literary Resistance
- Mass Culture Under Yusin
- 25. Monumental Life in North Korea
- Construction of the Ryugyong Hotel, 1987
- The Historical Challenge
- Famine and Aftermath
- Monumental Life
- Tragedy of History
- 26. South Korea's Extended Democratization
- A Declaration of Findings, 1987
- Prelude: Gwangju, May 1980
- The Democracy Generation
- Breaking Through in 1987
- 27. South Korean Renewal in the Early Twenty-First Century
- Quarterfinal Match Versus Spain, 2002
- Economic Growth: A Reconsideration
- Women and Family: Seismic Shifts
- Toward a New Era
- The Pendulum of South Korean Politics
- Epilogue: Historical Reckoning in the Two Koreas, 2010-2020
- Passings in North Korea
- Shocks in South Korean Politics and Economy
- Historical Settlement
- Societal Churning
- References and Further Readings.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781352013023
- 1352013029
- 9781352012583
- 1352012588
- OCLC:
- 1268134476
- Publisher Number:
- 99991143885
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