| Edition |
2nd edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Palgrave essential histories |
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Palgrave essential histories.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-260) and index. |
| Summary |
A concise history of Korea, exploring Korean civilization from Ancient times to modern history. |
| Contents |
Goguryeo and Ancient Korea -- Queen Seondeok and Silla's unification of Korea -- Unified Silla -- Founding of the Goryeo dynasty -- Religion and regionalism in the Goryeo order -- The Mongol overlord period -- Goryeo-Joseon Transition -- Confucianism and the family in the early Joseon era --The great invasions, 1592-1636 -- Ideology, family, and nationhood in the mid-Joseon era -- Intellectual opening in the late eighteenth century -- Popular culture in the late Joseon era -- Nineteenth-century unrest -- 1894, a fateful year -- The great Korean empire -- The Japanese takeover, 1904-18 -- The long 1920s -- Nation, culture, and everyday life in the late colonial period -- Wartime mobilization, 1938-45 -- The liberation period, 1945-50 -- The Korean War -- Early North Korea -- 1960s South Korea -- Culture and politics in 1970s South Korea -- Monumental life in North Korea -- South Korean democratization -- South Korea in the twenty-first century. |
| Subject |
Korea -- History.
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Korea -- Civilization.
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Korea. (OCoLC)fst01206434
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Korea (DE-588)4032466-7
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628.
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| ISBN |
9781137573568 (paperback) |
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1137573562 (paperback) |
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9781137573575 (hardback) |
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1137573570 (hardback) |
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