A History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present

A History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present

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 contra
Country USA
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780742567160
ReleaseDate 2010-11-16

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780742567160
ReleaseDate	2010-11-16

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