Korea, long in the shadows of its neighbours China and Japan, is now the object of considerable interest.
This book focuses on answering several historical questions: what does it mean to be Korean?
How did this nation evolve into today's sharply contrasting societies?
And how does Korea fit into the larger narrative of world history?
Chronology; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1 Creating a peninsular kingdom; 2 A Confucian society; 3 From kingdom to colony; 4 From colony to competing states; 5 Competing states, diverging societies; 6 Globalizing south, inward north; Further reading; Index
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