Korea : a history / Foreword by Younghill Kang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choy, Bong Youn, 1914-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korea--History.

Korea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (719 p.)

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vt. : C. E. Tuttle Co, 1971.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This detailed, scholarly history of Korea is a comprehensive political and socioeconomic history from 57 B.C. to modern times, including North and South Korea.Specializing in Korean industrial structure, economic planning, and administration, the author presents a concise yet readable historical approach to a greater understanding of Korea's position in East Asia. The author, a political scholar and experienced linguist, bases his text on primary Korean and Japanese sources, thus providing much information previously unavailable to English-speaking people.Ancient K

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PART I: THE OLD KOREA; 1 The Three Kingdoms (57 B.C.-A.D. 668); The Rulers; The Masses; The Agrarian Economic System; 2 Silla Unifies the Peninsula (668-935); Characteristics of the Ruling Class; The Ideological Foundation; Slaves and Commoners; The Centralization of Power; Land Reform (687-757); The State-owned Handicraft Industry and Commerce; The Fall of Silla; 3 The Koryo Kingdom (935-1392); Centralized Feudalism; The Characteristics of Feudalism; Land Reform; The Social Structure; Summary of the Koryo Period

4 The Yi Dynasty (1392-1910): Centralized Feudal SocietyThe Reappearance of Centralized Feudalism; The New Creed of the Yi Dynasty: Confucianism; The Economic System; The Social Structure; Factionalism; The Concept of Reliance upon a Big Power (Sadae-sasang); Russian Influence on the Korean Court; An Era of Pro-Japanese Quislings (1904-10); 5 The Yi Dynasty: Pawn of the Big Powers; Korea: A Bone of Contention between the Powers; The Fall of the Yi Dynasty: From Protectorate to Annexation; The Rebellious Peasants; The Independence Club; The Anti-Japanese Movement (1906-10)

6 Korea under Japanese Domination (1910-45)Political Suppression; Economic Exploitation; 7 The Anti-Japanese Struggle; The Independence Movement; The March First Independence Movement; Koreans Abroad: The Provisional Government; The Liberation Movement after the 1919 Uprising; The Left-Wing Anti-Japanese Movement after 1919; PART II: THE NEW KOREA; 8 Postwar Korea (1945-48); 1945-Year of Liberation; The Moscow Agreement; The Military Occupation of South Korea (1945-48); The South Korean Interim Assembly; The South Korean Interim Government; South Korean Political Parties

9 The Four National IssuesThe Moscow Agreement; The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Commission of 1946-47; The United Nations' Resolution; The North-South Political Leaders Coalition Conference; 10 The First Republic under Syngman Rhee; Characteristics of Rhee's Politics; The U.N.-sponsored Republic of Korea; Rhee Faces Internal and External Troubles; Rhee as an Ironfisted Ruler; 11 Rhee Sets Up a Police State; The 1958 Elections; South Korea Becomes a Police State; 12 The Korean War; Causes of the War; The Eve of the War; The Northern Offensive; The United Nations' Intervention

Military Aid to the Republic of KoreaThe United Nations' Counteroffensive; Communist China Sends Volunteers; Stalemate; The Armistice Negotiations; 13 The Student Revolution and the Second Republic; Background of the Student Revolution; The Political Background; The Student Demonstrations; The Second Republic under the Democrats; 14 The Military Coup d'Etat; Economic and Political Conditions on the Eve of the Coup; The Coup; Attitude of the U.S. Government; The Structure and Objectives of the Military Junta; Cleaning Up Measures; The Junta Launches Reform Measures

Views of the Military Take-Over

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4629-1248-6