A history of Korea : an episodic narrative /: an episodic narrative. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kyung Moon Hwang.
• Authors: Hwang, Kyung Moon
• 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, cuture, 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.
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 951.9; Asia/General; Civilization; Civilization; Asian history; General & world history; Korea -- History; Korea -- Civilization; Korea; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137573582; 1137573589
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