Korea by Seth, Michael J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents List of illustrations List of maps Introduction

Geographic setting A note on Romanization

1. Creating a peninsular kingdom

Early Korean societies Late Silla Koryǒ Military rule and the Mongol period

2. A Confucian society

Creating a Confucian state Creating a Confucian society Securing the borders, becoming a homogeneous society Chosǒn in East Asia Late Chosǒn

3. From kingdom to colony

Korea’s changing place in the world Late Chosǒn efforts at reforms From empire to colony Modernization under colonial rule Colonial modernity The birth of modern Korean nationalism Wartime totalitarianism

4. From colony to competing states

Liberation and Division The occupation The emergence of two states Division and The desire for national unity The Korean War

5. Competing states, diverging societies

6. Globalizing south, inward north

A dramatic reversal of fortunes in the late 1980s and early 1990s North Korea’s ‘arduous march’ South Korea: democratization and globalization Continuous crisis Korea: still one nation?

Chronology Further reading Index Geography Geopolitics Globalization

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