Old Korea
Author : Elizabeth Keith
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Korea
ISBN :
Korea, Old and New
Author : Carter J. Eckert
Publisher : Harvard Korea Institute
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
This is the most reliable and popular history of Korea available in English. The tumultuous developments of the modern era receive the greatest coverage, but the book's balanced treatment of traditional Korea emphasizes cultural events as integrally related to the political, social, and economic evolution of this ancient nation.
A History of Korea
Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 11,91 MB
Release : 2010-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0742567176
Book Description
In this comprehensive yet compact book, Michael J. Seth surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the present. He explores the origins and development of Korean society, politics, and still little-known cultural heritage, showing how this ancient, culturally and ethnically homogeneous society was wrenched into the modern world, ultimately to be arbitrarily divided into two opposed halves after World War II. Tracing the six decades since, Seth explains how the two Koreas, with their deeply different political and social systems and geopolitical orientations, evolved into sharply contrasting societies. Throughout, he adds a rich dimension by placing Korean history into broader global perspective and by including primary readings from each era. All readers looking for a balanced, knowledgeable history will be richly rewarded with this clear and concise book.
A New History of Korea
Author : Ki-baik Lee
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 27,1 MB
Release : 1988-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0674255267
Book Description
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.
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated Edition)
Author : Bruce Cumings
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 15,43 MB
Release : 2005-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0393327027
Book Description
"When Korea's Place in the Sun first appeared, Bruce Cumings argued that Korea had endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century." The new century has seen South Korea flourish after a restructuring of its political economy, and North Korea suffer through a famine that has cost the lives of millions of people. The United States continues to play an important role on the Korean peninsula, from the Clinton administration overseeing the first real hints of reunification to the Bush administration confronting a renewal of nuclear threats. On both sides Korea seems poised to continue its fractured existence on into the new century, with potential ramifications for the rest of the world." "For those who need a grounding in the tempestuous history surrounding Korea, or a context in which to understand its role in current global politics, this updated edition of Korea's Place in the Sun is a must read."--BOOK JACKET.
Religions of Old Korea
Author : Charles Allen Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000012271
Book Description
This book, first published in 1932, was written by a Western expert on Korea, and was the first to thoroughly investigate and document the old religious practices of Korea. No book like this could be written again from original sources, for all of the data has passed away, and archival records are not necessarily complete. It is a key text in the study of Korean religion.
Myths and Legends from Korea
Author : James H. Grayson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136602895
Book Description
This book contains 175 tales drawn equally from the ancient and modern periods of Korea, plus 16 further tales provided for comparative purposes. Nothing else on this scale or depth is available in any western language. Three broad classes of material are included: foundation myths of ancient states and clans, ancient folktales and legends, modern folktales. Each narrative contains information on its source and provenance, and on its folklore type, similarities to folklore types from China, Japan and elsewhere.
Religions of Old Korea
Author : Charles Allen Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2020-12-24
Category :
ISBN : 9780367259891
Book Description
This book, first published in 1932, was written by a Western expert on Korea, and was the first to thoroughly investigate and document the old religious practices of Korea. No book like this could be written again from original sources, for all of the data has passed away, and archival records are not necessarily complete. It is a key text in the study of Korean religion.
When You Were Born in Korea
Author : Brian Boyd
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,3 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Adopted children
ISBN : 9780963847201
Book Description
Grade level: 1, 2, k, p, e, t.
Romantic Tales from Old Korea
Author : Brother Anthony of Taizé
Publisher : Seoul Selection
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1624120725
Book Description
Korea’s most widely loved romantic tales : Chunhyang and Sim Cheong There are not many old Korean love tales, but everyone knows the story of Chunhyang. In 1892, the first Korean to visit Paris, Hong Jong-u, helped publish a French version of the story of Chunhyang. Titled “Fragrant Springtime” (the meaning of “Chunhyang”), it is the first Korean story ever published in a western language. A couple of years later, a second, more developed novel set in Korea was published, “ A Dead Tree Blossoms.” It includes parts of the story of Sim Cheong and her blind father, but is very different in many unexpected ways. In 1919 an English translation of it was published in the US, but nobody noticed it. In this new book, the French version of “Chunhyang” has been translated into English and is published with the 1919 English text of “A Dead Tree Blossoms” and a couple of other Korean love tales translated a hundred or more years ago. Interestingly, the two main stories both express sharp criticism of corrupt officials and a strong concern for social justice.
