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Korea: A History Kindle Edition
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While popular trends, cuisine, and long-standing political tension have made Korea familiar in some ways to a vast English-speaking world, its recorded history of some two millennia remains unfamiliar to most. Korea: A History addresses general readers, providing an up-to-date, accessible overview of Korean history from antiquity to the present. Eugene Y. Park draws on original-language sources and the up-to-date synthesis of East Asian and Western-language scholarship to provide an insightful account. This book expands still-limited English-language discussions on pre-modern Korea, offering rigorous and compelling analyses of Korea's modernization while discussing daily life, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ history, and North Korean history not always included in Korea surveys. Overall, Park is able to break new ground on questions and debates that have been central to the field of Korean studies since its inception.
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Preface
Conventions
THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
The Dawn of Korean Civilization to 391
The Three Kingdoms Puyŏ and Kaya 391676
The Northern and Southern States 676918
Early Chosŏn 13921567
The MidChosŏn Crisis and Recovery 15671724
Late Chosŏn Renovation and Decline 17241864
THE LATE MODERN
Reform Imperialism and Nationalism 18641910
Japanese Occupation 19101945
Establishment of Two Korean States 19451960
Growth and Divergence 19601980
THE POSTCLASSICAL PERIOD
Early Koryŏ 9181146
Late Koryŏ 11461392
THE EARLY MODERN
Toward Détente 19802000
Recent Developments
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Print length 408 pages
Stanford University Press
February 15, 2022
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Eugene Y. ParkEugene Y. ParkEugene Y. Park is an American historian of East Asia, especially Korean politics and society from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century. After studying at UCLA and Harvard, Park completed a postdoc with the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale and has received faculty appointments at the University of California, Irvine, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Nevada, Reno. Park has also taught at Harvard, Korea, McGill, Seoul National, and Yonsei, as well as giving some sixty invited lectures, speeches, or presentations, including the Twenty-Sixth Annual Stanley Spector Memorial Lecture on East Asian History and Civilization at Washington University in St. Louis (2019). He is the author of five books and is interested in genealogy, population genetics, primatology, portraiture, and religious studies. Various high-profile projects have consulted with him, including Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS) and Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem). In 2016, Park co-chaired the Eighth Biennial World Congress of Korean Studies organizing committee.Eugene Y. Park is an American historian of East Asia, especially Korean politics and society from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century. After studying at UCLA and Harvard, Park completed a postdoc with the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale and has received faculty appointments at the University of California, Irvine, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Nevada, Reno. Park has also taught at Harvard, Korea, McGill, Seoul National, and Yonsei, as well as giving some sixty invited lectures, speeches, or presentations, including the Twenty-Sixth Annual Stanley Spector Memorial Lecture on East Asian History and Civilization at Washington University in St. Louis (2019). He is the author of five books and is interested in genealogy, population g…See more on the author's page
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"This long-awaited book demonstrates the author's broad expertise, and incorporates recent discoveries of Korean history. Strongly recommended both for readers interested in an introduction to Korean history and for specialists who want to update their knowledge."―Yumi Moon, Stanford University
"Korea... is full of details and the writing flows and provides a sweeping overview of Korea from prehistoric times to the modern era, enabling readers to understand and appreciate Korea as a civilization in its own right with admirable cultural, economic and political achievements, rather than as an obscure entity nestled between and fought over by bigger neighbors."―Hilton Yip, Asian Review of Books
"With discussions on numerous aspects of cultural and economic history―including religion, education, gender, architecture, food, and popular culture―this comprehensive but accessible book is a welcome corrective to earlier work that tended to focus on institutional, intellectual, and political history of Korea as a 'tributary state' in the sinocentric order."―Ross King, University of British Columbia
"Park has succeeded in writing an innovative and informative overview of Korean history. He has done so by drawing from 'original-language sources and the up-to-date synthesis of East Asian and Western-language scholarship.'"―Jaymin Kim, Acta Koreana
"Park is one of the few experts in premodern Korean history in the West, and he gives the long premodern past the attention it fully deserves.... The writing is accessible, and the book is an excellent reference for lay readers, college students, and professional historians. Highly recommended."―M. J. Wert, CHOICE
"This book offers a sweeping yet detailed overview of the Korean past. Park's periodization (classical, post-classical, early modern, and late modern) is an innovative interpretation and succeeds in making the Korean narrative relevant to comparative world history."―James B. Lewis, University of Oxford
"Korea: A History is another essential interdisciplinary work not only for the Korean Studies community but also for wider audiences, transferring a clear-cut and detailed account of the peninsula's history. It is an excellent historical textbook about Korea's political, economic, and social background from its own unique historiographical point of view."―Gabor Sebo, Pacific Affairs
About the Author
Eugene Y. Park is the Rick and Cathy Trachok Endowed Chair in International Studies and Professor in History at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author of A Genealogy of Dissent (Stanford University Press, 2018).
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ASIN : B09PZ75LW5
Publisher : Stanford University Press; 1st edition (February 15, 2022)
Publication date : February 15, 2022
Language : English
File size : 27954 KB
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Print length : 408 pagesBest Sellers Rank: #815,287 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)#94 in History of Korea
#333 in Korean History (Books)
#4,538 in Social & Cultural HistoryCustomer Reviews:
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2022
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I am only reading this for fun as I am not a serious historian or student. This book is so good I read it cover to cover and enjoyed it completely. I wish it was longer and more detailed in the part from years 2000 to present, but hopefully this author will write another book with that as the focus. If that happens, I will definitely buy it.
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Scarlett G.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great depth and perspectiveReviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023
While reading this book, one theme that stuck out to me was how the resilience of Korea and its culture doesn’t get nearly enough recognition as it deserves. It constantly faced outside forces and pressures and yet, still managed to preserve its history and restart the cycle. This book drew attention to the numerous conquerings that Korea faced and how its history didn’t just stop afterward but continued and even grew off of the experiences. Not only did this help grow my appreciation for Korea, but it also proved that looking at both sides is the only true way to gain a historical perspective. In addition, another interesting point in the book is how Korea is not just a country that was only split in half. I found it interesting to learn about the buildup that eventually led to the present-day divide between North and South Korea. Most of all, this book was a chance to learn about my identity in a historical way which I enjoyed. This book allowed me to dive deeper into my own history as a Korean.
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Larry W hayes
1.0 out of 5 stars Dry as dustReviewed in the United States on May 18, 2023
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Very disappointed book was tough read, lacked any emotion in presentation, and lacked depth presenting history of Japanese occupation or the Korean War.
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