A History of Korea

Kyung Moon Hwang

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781352013023
• eBook ISBN: 9781350932784
• Edition: 3
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Asian History
• Index: History

Dynamic and meticulously researched, A History of Korea continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history. Assuming no prior knowledge, Hwang guides readers from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern experience in both North and South Korea. Structured around episodic accounts, each chapter begins by discussing a defining moment in Korean history in context, with an extensive examination of how the events and themes under consideration have been viewed up to the present day. By engaging with recurring themes such as collective identity, external influence, social hierarchy, family and gender, the author introduces the major historical events, patterns and debates that have shaped both North and South Korea over the past 1500 years. This textbook is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Korean or Asian history. The first half of the book covers pre-20th century history, and the second half the modern era, making it ideal for survey courses.

Table of contents

• Contents
• List of Images and Boxes
• Boxes
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Note on Romanization
• Maps of Korea and East Asia
• Brief Chronology of Korean Political History
• Introduction
• 1: Goguryeo and Early Korea
• 2: Queen Seondeok and Silla’s Unification
• 3: The Maturation and Decline of Unified Silla
• 4: Elements of Goryeo’s Founding
• 5: Religion and Regionalism in the Goryeo Order
• 6: Survival and Adaptation in the Mongol Overlord Period
• 7: Competing Views of the Goryeo–Joseon Transition
• 8: Confucianism and the Family in the Early Joseon Era
• 9: Surviving the Great Invasions, 1592–1637
• 10: Ideology, Family, and Nationhood in the Mid-Joseon Era
• 11: Intellectual Opening in the Late Eighteenth Century
• 12: Popular Culture and Society in the Late Joseon Era
• 13: Nineteenth-Century Unrest
• 14: 1894, A Fateful Year
• 15: Rise and Fall of the Great Korean Empire
• 16: Responses to the Japanese Takeover, 1904–18
• 17: Stirrings of Social Change in the Long 1920s
• 18: Nation, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Late Colonial Period
• 19: Wrenching Trials of Wartime Mobilization, 1938–45
• 20: Promises and Perils of the Liberation Period, 1945–50
• 21: Multiple Sides of the Korean War
• 22: History and Autonomy in Early North Korea
• 23: Striving for Revolution in 1960s South Korea
• 24: Culture and Politics in 1970s South Korea
• 25: Monumental Life in North Korea
• 26: South Korea’s Extended Democratization
• 27: South Korean Renewal in the Early Twenty-First Century
• Epilogue: Historical Reckoning in the Two Koreas, 2010–2020
• References and Further Readings
• GENERAL HISTORIES AND SOURCE COMPILATIONS
• 1 GOGURYEO AND EARLY KOREA
• 2 QUEEN SEONDEOK AND SILLA’S UNIFICATION
• 3 THE MATURATION AND DECLINE OF UNIFIED SILLA
• 4 ELEMENTS OF GORYEO’S FOUNDING
• 5 RELIGION AND REGIONALISM IN THE GORYEO ORDER
• 6 SURVIVAL AND ADAPTATION IN THE MONGOL OVERLORD PERIOD
• 7 COMPETING VIEWS OF THE GORYEO-JOSEON TRANSITION
• 8 CONFUCIANISM AND THE FAMILY IN THE EARLY JOSEON ERA
• 9 SURVIVING THE GREAT INVASIONS, 1592–1637
• 10 IDEOLOGY, FAMILY, AND NATIONHOOD IN THE MID-JOSEON ERA
• 11 INTELLECTUAL OPENING IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
• 12 POPULAR CULTURE IN THE LATE JOSEON ERA
• 13 NINETEENTH-CENTURY UNREST
• 14 1894, A FATEFUL YEAR
• 15 RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT KOREAN EMPIRE
• 16 RESPONSES TO THE JAPANESE TAKEOVER, 1904–18
• 17 STIRRINGS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE LONG 1920s
• 18 NATION, CULTURE, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE LATE COLONIAL PERIOD
• 19 WRENCHING TRIALS OF WARTIME MOBILIZATION, 1938–45
• 20 PROMISES AND PERILS OF THE LIBERATION PERIOD, 1945–50
• 21 MULTIPLE SIDES OF THE KOREAN WAR
• 22 HISTORY AND AUTONOMY IN EARLY NORTH KOREA
• 23 STRIVING FOR REVOLUTION IN 1960s SOUTH KOREA
• 24 CULTURE AND POLITICS IN 1970s SOUTH KOREA
• 25 MONUMENTAL LIFE IN NORTH KOREA
• 26 SOUTH KOREA’S EXTENDED DEMOCRATIZATION
• 27 SOUTH KOREAN RENEWAL IN THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
• Index