| Description |
xxii, 474 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Communal societies of prehistoric times -- Walled-town states and confederated kingdoms -- Aristocratic societies under monarchical rule -- Fashioning of an authoritarian monarchy -- Age of powerful gentry families -- Hereditary aristocratic order of Koryŏ -- Rule by the military -- Emergence of the literati --Creation of a Yangban society -- Rise of the neo-Confucian literati -- Emergence of landed farmers and wholesale merchants -- Instability of the Yangban status system and the outbreak of popular uprisings -- Growth of the forces of enlightenment -- Nationalist stirrings and imperialist aggression -- Development of the nationalist movement -- Beginnings of democracy |
| Summary |
Discusses Korean history and culture from the earliest times to the student revolution of 1960 |
| Analysis |
Korea History |
| Notes |
Translation of: Hanʼguksa sillon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-413) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Korea -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073026
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| LC no. |
83000246 |
| ISBN |
0674615751 alkaline paper |
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067461576X paperback |
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9780674615755 alkaline paper |
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9780674615762 paperback |
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