Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History

Herausgegeben:Seth, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century when Korea became entangled in the world of modern imperialism and the old social, economic and political order began to change; this handbook brings together cutting edge scholarship on major themes in Korean History. Contributions by experts in the field cover the Late Choson and Colonial periods, Korea's partition and the diverging paths of North and South Korea.

Topics covered include:

The division of Korea

Religion

Competing imperialisms

Economic change

War and rebellions

Nationalism

Gender

North Korea Under Kim Jong Il

Global Korea

The Handbook provides a stimulating introduction to the most important themes within the subject area, and is an invaluable reference work for any student and researcher of Korean History.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis; Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9780367581664
• ISBN-10: 0367581663
• Artikelnr.: 69895146

Autorenporträt

Michael J Seth is a professor of history at James Madison University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Understanding Modern Korean History Michael J. Seth Part
I: Late Choson 2. Korea by 1860 James B. Lewis 3.Competing Imperialisms in
Korea Kirk Larsen 4. The Nation, the People, and the Possibilities of the
Post-National: Historiographies of Late Nineteenth-Century Korean Reform
Movements Joshua Van Lieu 5. Religion 1876-1910 Albert L. Park 6. The
transformation of the Chos¿n economy in the Open Port Period, 1876-1910
Owen Miller 7. The 1894 Tonghak Rebellion Carl Young Part II: The Colonial
Period 8. The Politics of Assimilation: Koreans into Japanese Mark Caprio
9. Colonial Modernity E. Taylor Atkins 10.Women, Gender and Social Change
in Colonial Korea Sonja Kim 11. Nationalist Movements Before 1945 Franklin
Rausch Part III: Division and War 12. The Division of Korea and the Rise of
Two Koreas, 1945-1948 Jongsoo Lee 13. The Korean War and Its Politics Grace
J. Chae Part IV: North Korea 14. North Korean State-Making: Process and
Characteristics Shin Jongdae 15. North Korea's Chuch'e Philosophy James
Person 16. A Dynastic Polity in Economic Stagnation and Decline Andrei
Lankov 17. The North Korean Famine Marcus Noland 18. North Korea Under Kim
Jong Il Adrian Buzo 19. Marriage, Family, and Sexuality in North Korea Suzy
Kim Part V: South Korea 20. Trade Union Movements in South Korea since 1945
Jooyeon Jeong 21. Economic Miracle: From Post-War Reconstruction to
Post-Crisis Affluence Ingyu Oh and Hannah Jun 22. Democratization in South
Korea Gregg Andrew Brazinsky 23. Women, Gender & Social Change in South
Korea Since 1945 Laura C. Nelson and Cho Haejoang 24. The Postdevelopmental
State: Economic and Social Changes Since 1997 Jamie Doucette 25. Global
Korea John Lie 26. Inter-Korean Relations, 1945-2013 Avram Agov