Korea: A History

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While popular trends, cuisine, and long-standing political tension have made Korea familiar in some ways to a vast English-speaking world, its recorded history of some two millennia remains unfamiliar to most. Korea: A History addresses general readers, providing an up-to-date, accessible overview of Korean history from antiquity to the present. Eugene Y. Park draws on original-language sources and the up-to-date synthesis of East Asian and Western-language scholarship to provide an insightful account. This book expands still-limited English-language discussions on pre-modern Korea, offering rigorous and compelling analyses of Korea's modernization while discussing daily life, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ history, and North Korean history not always included in Korea surveys. Overall, Park is able to break new ground on questions and debates that have been central to the field of Korean studies since its inception. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Figures, Table, and Maps Preface Conventions Introduction Part I: The Classical Period 1. The Dawn of Korean Civilization to 391 CE 2. The Three Kingdoms, Puyŏ, and Kaya, 391–676 3. The Northern and Southern States, 676–918 Part II: The Post-Classical Period 4. Early Koryŏ, 918–1146 5. Late Koryŏ, 1146–1392 Part III: The Early Modern Era 6. Early Chosŏn, 1392–1567 7. The Mid-Chosŏn Crisis and Recovery, 1567–1724 8. Late Chosŏn Renovation and Decline, 1724–1864 Part IV: The Late Modern Era 9. Reform, Imperialism, and Nationalism, 1864–1910 10. Japanese Occupation, 1910–1945 11. Establishment of Two Korean States, 1945–1960 12. Growth and Divergence, 1960–1980 13. Toward Détente, 1980–2000 14. Recent Developments Further Readings Index Back Cover