The books interpretation of the nations ancient history prior to the Three Kingdoms period is of a nature unacceptable by local academia. The book is translated despite such a fact to provide the readers with the full scope of information that is presented differently by various groups.
This book is the most extensive study in the English language of any of the major nineteenth century rebellions in Korea. Whereas previous research has focused on economic and landlord tenant tensions, suggesting that class animosity was the dominant feature in the political behavior of peasants, Sun Joo Kim explores the role of embittered local elites in providing vital support in the early st…
Based on a careful examination of sources in Russian, English, and Korean, including new archival evidence from Moscow, this book seeks to provide this understanding. Taking into account not only the policies of the Soviet Union and the United States but also the roles played by the Koreans themselves, Jongsoo lee untangles the complex dynamics of the Korean partition, placing this partition in…
This book is introduction about history of Korea. Korea was a power in East Asia and once ruled much of Manchuria. The kingdom of Goguryeo was successful in repelling the aggression of China’s Sui Dynasti and Tang Dynasti, while the kingdom of Balhae ruled over a vast territory extending to the north as far as Siberia (Russian Maritime Territory). Throughout history, Korea not only developed …
This collection covers a period of over 400 years – from Hendrik Hamel’s jornel of the 1600s to early twentieth-century records like those of Roy C. Andrews’ 1918 account of his expedition entitled Exploring Unknown Corners of the ’Hermit Kingdon’. In this unique collection of writings and records of time past in Korea – the author helps to lift the veil on this once closed country,…
This book written by the author, makes the assertion that the culture of Mago Castle on the Pamirs dates more than 70,000 years ago, and that members of this race gradually migrated throughout the world, transplanting their culture to the colonies as they went.
This book explain analysis of the Korean Civil War and of South Korea’s economic ascent. Author refocused attention on Korea as one of the world’s distinctive civilization, not some amalgam of Chinese and Japanese cultures. Cumings deals superbly with the post-1905 years, the causes and impact of the Korean war, the frightening Korean intelligence services, the post-1950s sweatshops and eco…
This book is designed to provide readers with the historical essential upon which to unravel the complex politics and contemporary crises that currently exist in the East Asian region. The author shows how traditional Korean political culture shaped the response of Koreans to multiple threats to their sovereignty after being opened to the world economy by Japan in the 1870s.
These memoirs offer a compelling account of one of the most tragic tales in the history of the Korean court. Lady hyegyong, the author of these memoirs, married Crown Price Sado when both were just nine years old. Lady Hyegyong's memoirs are a fascinating private view of partriarchal Korean royalty and of how an extraordinary woman, having survived horrific male power struggles, transformed pe…
This book is a compilation of what was originally two separate texts. It has been converted into a single volume for the reader's convenience. However, the treatment of history and culture is significantly different and deserves mention here. The most important difference is stylistic. The tone of the history part is academic, whereas that of the culture part is more expansive, descriptive and …