A New History of Korea
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A New History of Korea

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A New History of Korea

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access A New History of Korea by Ki-baik Lee,Edward J. Schultz, Edward W. Wagner in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Korean History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to the Translation
  6. Author Prefaces
  7. Maps, Charts, and Tables
  8. Chapter 1. The Communal Societies of Prehistoric Times
  9. Chapter 2. Walled-Town States and Confederated Kingdoms
  10. Chapter 3. Aristocratic Societies Under Monarchical Rule
  11. Chapter 4. The Fashioning of an Authoritarian Monarchy
  12. Chapter 5. The Age of Powerful Gentry Families
  13. Chapter 6. The Hereditary Aristocratic Order of Koryŏ
  14. Chapter 7. Rule by the Military
  15. Chapter 8. Emergence of the Literati
  16. Chapter 9. The Creation of a Yangban Society
  17. Chapter 10. The Rise of the Neo-Confucian Literati
  18. Chapter 11. The Emergence of Landed Farmers and Wholesale Merchants
  19. Chapter 12. Instability in the Yangban Status System and the Outbreak of Popular Uprisings
  20. Chapter 13. Growth of the Forces of Enlightenment
  21. Chapter 14. Nationalist Stirrings and Imperialist Aggression
  22. Chapter 15. Development of the Nationalist Movement
  23. Chapter 16. The Beginnings of Democracy
  24. Dynastic Lineages
  25. Select Bibliography
  26. Index-Glossary