Seth, Michael J., 1948-
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-553) and index.
- 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 — 2. The Period of the Three Kingdoms, 4th Century to 676 — The Emergence of the Three Kingdoms — The Wa and the Mimana — Korea and Northeast Asia in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries — Culture and Society of the Three Kingdoms — The Bone-Ranks, the Hwabaek, and the Hwarang — The Changing Environment of the Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries — The Unification of Korea under Silla — Korea in Global Perspective: State Formation — 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 — Silla and Its Neighbors — Parhae — The Decline of Silla — The Later Three Kingdoms — Korea in Global Perspective: Silla’s Rise and Fall — 4. Koryŏ, 935 to 1170 — The New Koryŏ State — Koryŏ in East Asia — Internal Politics, 935-1170 — Koryŏ Culture — The Samguk Sagi — Koryŏ Society — Korea in Global Perspective: Koryŏ’s Examination System — 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 — 6. The Neo-Confucian Revolution and the Chosŏn State, 1392 to the 18th Century — Establishing the Yi Dynasty — The Chosŏn State — The Censorate and the Classics Mat — Historians — The Examination System — Education — Agricultural Improvements and the State — Mil
- 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 its still little-known cultural heritage from their inception to the two Korean states of today. Telling the remarkable story of the origins and evolution of a society that borrowed and adopted from abroad, Seth describes how various tribal peoples in the peninsula came together to form one of the world’s most distinctive communities. He shows how this ancient, culturally and ethnically homogeneous society was wrenched into the world of late-nineteenth-century imperialism, fell victim to Japanese expansionism, and then became arbitrarily divided into two opposed halves, North and South, after World War II. Tracing the past seven decades, the book explains how the two Koreas, with their deeply different political and social systems and geopolitical orientations, evolved into sharply contrasting societies. South Korea, after an unpromising start, became one of the few postcolonial developing states to enter the ranks of the first world, with a globally competitive economy, a democratic political system, and a cosmopolitan and dynamic culture. North Korea, by contrast, became one of the world’s most totalitarian and isolated societies, a nuclear power with an impoverished and famine-stricken population. Seth describes and analyzes the radically different and historically unprecedented trajectories of the two Koreas, formerly one tight-knit society. 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.
Subjects:
- Korea — History.
- Korea — Civilization.
- History.
- Civilization. fast (OCoLC)fst00862898
- History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
Requested by Kurpiers, R.