A Concise History of Korea : From Antiquity to the Present /: From Antiquity to the Present. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael J. Seth.
• Authors: Seth, Michael J
• Contents: <span style="font-style:italic;">List of Primary Source Readings ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Preface to the Third Edition ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Acknowledgments ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Maps ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Introduction ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">1 The Origins ; ; The Koreans ; ; Early Inhabitants ; ; The Age of Rice Farming Begins ; ; Sources for Early Korea ; ; Chosŏn ; ; The Chinese Commanderies ; ; Chinese Commanderies and Their Neighbors: The Northern Peoples ; ; Chinese Commanderies and Their Neighbors: The Southern Peoples ; ; Politics of the Third Century ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: 5, 000 Years of History ; <br />Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">2 The Period of the Three Kingdoms, Fourth Century to 676 ; ; The Emergence of the Three Kingdoms ; ; The Wa and Mimana ; ; Korea and Northeast Asia in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries ; ; Culture and Society of the Three Kingdoms ; ; The Bone-Ranks, the <span style="font-style:italic;">Hwabaek, and the <span style="font-style:italic;">Hwarang ; ; The Changing Environment of the Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries ; ; The Unification of Korea under Silla ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: State Formation ; ; Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">3 Late Silla, 676 to 935 ; ; The Peninsular Kingdom ; ; Consolidation of Central Monarchical Rule under Silla, 676–780 ; ; Silla and the Chinese Model ; ; Supporting the Silla State ; ; Silla Society ; ; Religion and Aristocratic Culture ; ; Silla and Its Neighbors ; ; Parhae ; ; The Decline of Silla ; ; The Later Three Kingdoms ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: Silla’s Rise and Fall ; ; Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">4 Koryŏ, 935 to 1170 ; ; The New Koryŏ State ; ; Koryŏ in East Asia ; ; Internal Politics, 935–1170 ; ; Koryŏ Culture ; ; The <span style="font-style:italic;">Samguk Sagi ; ; Koryŏ Society ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: Koryŏ’s Examination System ; ; Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">5 Military Rulers and Mongol Invaders, 1170 to 1392 ; ; Military Rule ; ; Sŏn Buddhism ; ; Korea, Japan, and Feudal Europe ; ; The Mongol Invasions ; ; The Legacy of the Mongol Period ; ; Late Koryŏ Society ; ; The End of the Koryŏ ; ; Late Koryŏ Culture ; ; The Rise of Neo-Confucianism ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: The Mongols and Korea ; ; Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">6 The Neo-Confucian Revolution and the Chosŏn State, 1392 to the Eighteenth Century ; ; Establishing the Yi Dynasty ; ; The Neo-Confucianist Project ; ; The Chosŏn State ; ; The Censorate and the Classics Mat ; ; Historians ; ; The Examination System ; ; Education ; ; Agricultural Improvements and the State ; ; Military and Foreign Affairs ; ; The Japanese and Manchu Invasions ; ; Competition for Power among the Elite ; ; Chosŏn Politics in Perspective ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: Chosŏn as an Ideologically Driven State ; ; Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">7 Chosŏn Society ; ; The Family ; ; Women during the Yi Dynasty ; ; Social Structure ; <br />Slaves and Outcastes ; ; Crime and Punishment ; ; Religious Beliefs and Practices ; ; Philosophy ; ; Arts, Literature, and Science ; ; Technology and Inventions ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: Women in Korea ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: Chosŏn’s Social Hierarchy ; ; Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">8 Late Chosŏn, Early Eighteenth Century to 1876 ; ; The Politics of Late Chosŏn ; ; Late Chosŏn and the Confucian World Order ; ; Korean Travelers to China and Japan ; ; Taxation and Reform ; ; Agriculture ; ; Commerce and Trade ; ; Cultural Flowering of Late Chosŏn ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Sirhak ; ; Everyday Life ; ; Korea in the Nineteenth Century: The “Hermit Kingdom” ; ; Internal Problems in the Nineteenth Century ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: The Hermit Kingdom? ; ; Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">9 Korea in the Age of Imperialism, 1876 to 1910 ; ; Early Contacts with the West ; ; The Opening of Korea ; ; Early Reforms, 1876–1884 ; ; The Chinese Decade, 1885–1894 ; ; The Tonghak Rebellion ; ; Kabo Reforms ; ; The Russian Ascendency and the Independence Club ; ; The Russo-Japanese War and the Protectorate ; ; The Protectorate, 1905–1910 ; ; Korea in Transition ; ; Korea in Global Perspective: Korea in the Age of Imperialism ; ; Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">10 Colonial Korea, 1910 to 1945 ; ; The March First Movement ; ; The Post–March First Period ; ; Cultural Ferment of the 1920s </s
• Edition: 3rd
• Publisher Details: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (600 pages), (32 illustrations)
• Subjects: History: Modern / General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538128992; 1538128993
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.