http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xviii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
A concise history of Korea, exploring Korean civilization from ancient times to modern history.
Goguryeo and Ancient Korea -- Queen Seondeok and Silla's unification of Korea -- Unified Silla -- Founding of the Goryeo dynasty -- Religion and regionalism in the Goryeo order -- The Mongol overlord period -- Goryeo-Joseon Transition -- Confucianism and the family in the early Joseon era --The great invasions, 1592-1636 -- Ideology, family, and nationhood in the mid-Joseon era -- Intellectual opening in the late eighteenth century -- Popular culture in the late Joseon era -- Nineteenth-century unrest -- 1894, a fateful year -- The great Korean empire -- The Japanese takeover, 1904-18 -- The long 1920s -- Nation, cuture, and everyday life in the late colonial period -- Wartime mobilization, 1938-45 -- The liberation period, 1945-50 -- The Korean War -- Early North Korea -- 1960s South Korea -- Culture and politics in 1970s South Korea -- Monumental life in North Korea -- South Korean democratization -- South Korea in the twenty-first century.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-260) and index.