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Asia in Focus: The Koreas is the most complete, accessible, and up-to-date resource available on both North Korea and South Korea.
Asia in Focus: The Koreas presents an authoritative and unprecedented look at the contrasts and similarities between the history, geography, politics, economy, culture, and society of North Korea and South Korea. It offers a wealth of new insights into North Korean life, as well as extensive explorations of Korean music, arts, language, cuisine, and popular culture, including the "Korean wave," which began with the export of Korean television dramas to other parts of Asia and has spread South Korean culture around the world. Also included are sections on women's history and roles, class and ethnicity, and a wide range of contemporary issues.
For a deeper understanding of one of the most closely watched regions of the globe, this volume is a must.
Asia in Focus: The Koreas presents an authoritative and unprecedented look at the contrasts and similarities between the history, geography, politics, economy, culture, and society of North Korea and South Korea. It offers a wealth of new insights into North Korean life, as well as extensive explorations of Korean music, arts, language, cuisine, and popular culture, including the "Korean wave," which began with the export of Korean television dramas to other parts of Asia and has spread South Korean culture around the world. Also included are sections on women's history and roles, class and ethnicity, and a wide range of contemporary issues.
For a deeper understanding of one of the most closely watched regions of the globe, this volume is a must.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781598841602 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 06/30/2009 |
Series: | Nations in Focus |
Pages: | 528 |
Product dimensions: | 7.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.50(d) |
Age Range: | 12 - 18 Years |
About the Author
Mary E. Connor is president and co-founder of the Korea Academy for Educators, San Marino, CA. Her published works include ABC-CLIO's The Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook.
Table of Contents
Series Editor's Foreword | xi | |
Preface | xiii | |
Map | xvii | |
Part 1 | Narrative Section | 1 |
1 | Geography and History | 3 |
The Physical and Human Geography | 4 | |
Early Korea | 9 | |
The Three Kingdoms | 10 | |
Unified Silla | 13 | |
The Koryo Dynasty | 16 | |
Early Koryo | 16 | |
Later Koryo | 17 | |
The Choson Dynasty | 20 | |
The Early Period: 1392 to the Seventeenth Century | 20 | |
A Nation in Transition: The Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries | 26 | |
The Opening of Korea, Attempts at Reform, and National Peril | 29 | |
The Tonghak Struggle, War, and the Kabo Reforms | 32 | |
The Independence Movement, Modernization, War, and Annexation | 33 | |
The Colonial Period | 35 | |
The First Phase of Japanese Rule | 35 | |
The Second Phase of Colonial Rule | 38 | |
The Third Phase of Japanese Occupation and World War II | 40 | |
Liberation, Division, and the Beginnings of the Cold War | 43 | |
The Korean War | 48 | |
Divided Korea: The South Korean Experience | 51 | |
The First and Second Republics | 51 | |
The Third and Fourth Republics | 52 | |
The Fifth Republic | 53 | |
The Sixth Republic | 54 | |
Civilian Government, Kim Young Sam | 55 | |
Kim Dae-jung | 56 | |
Divided Korea: The North Korean Experience | 57 | |
Korea's Place in the World | 60 | |
2 | Economic Development since 1945 | 65 |
South Korea | 65 | |
Precolonial Influences through Japanese Occupation | 66 | |
Liberation, the Korean War, and the Early Republic | 66 | |
Rapid Economic Growth and the State as Entrepreneur | 69 | |
New Industries, Inflation, and Urban Problems | 74 | |
The Role of the United States and Economic Development in Korea | 76 | |
The Role of Japan in Economic Development | 78 | |
Economic Stability, Social Equity, and Labor Militancy | 79 | |
The World Stage | 84 | |
Failed Reform and Increased Labor Agitation | 87 | |
The Economic Collapse | 90 | |
Economic Restructuring | 90 | |
More Problems in the Restructuring Process | 94 | |
The Impact of the Crisis on Foreign Policy | 95 | |
The Korean Economy: Current Conditions and Prospects for the Future | 96 | |
North Korea | 99 | |
Economic Development: 1948-1965 | 100 | |
Economic Development: 1965-1994 | 102 | |
Recent Economic Development and Prospects | 104 | |
3 | Political Development since 1945 | 109 |
The Impact of Tradition on Political Development | 110 | |
The Impact of the Japanese Colonial Period on Contemporary Life | 111 | |
The Impact of U.S. and Soviet Occupation and the Korean War on Political Development | 112 | |
A Divided People: The South Korean Experience | 114 | |
The First Republic | 114 | |
The Second Republic and the Military Revolution | 118 | |
Military Rule and the Third and Fourth Republics | 120 | |
Political Turmoil | 126 | |
The Fifth Republic | 129 | |
The Sixth Republic | 134 | |
The Seventh Republic | 137 | |
The Eighth Republic | 146 | |
A Divided People: The North Korean Experience | 154 | |
After the Summit: Concerns and Prospects | 157 | |
4 | Contemporary Culture and Social Problems | 163 |
Rapid Change and the Persistence of Tradition | 163 | |
South Korea | 164 | |
The Family | 164 | |
The Status of Women | 167 | |
South Korea: An Education Society | 172 | |
Historical Background | 172 | |
Contemporary Education | 173 | |
The Need for Educational Reforms | 176 | |
Philosophy and Religion | 178 | |
Shamanism and Daoism | 179 | |
Confucianism | 180 | |
Buddhism | 181 | |
Christianity | 186 | |
The "Newly Rising Religions" | 188 | |
This-Worldly Orientation of Korean Religions | 189 | |
The Persistence of Confucianism | 189 | |
Current Religious Trends and the Issue of Reunification | 190 | |
Traditional and Popular Culture | 190 | |
The Youth Culture | 197 | |
Sports and Recreation | 198 | |
North Korea | 199 | |
The North Korean Perspective | 200 | |
The Political Culture | 201 | |
North Korean Society | 202 | |
Education | 204 | |
Religion | 205 | |
North Korean Defectors | 205 | |
Part 2 | Reference Materials | 209 |
Chronological Table | 211 | |
Significant People, Places, and Events | 215 | |
Korean Language, Food, and Etiquette | 241 | |
The Written Language | 242 | |
The Spoken Language | 244 | |
Food | 246 | |
Common Korean Dishes | 247 | |
Common Beverages | 249 | |
Etiquette | 250 | |
How Not to Succeed in Korea | 250 | |
How to Behave Well and Succeed Harmoniously in Korea | 250 | |
Organisations | 257 | |
Government Organizations | 257 | |
Business and Economic Organizations | 259 | |
United States Korea Trade Centers | 262 | |
Culture/Education/Exchange Organizations | 263 | |
Tourism Organizations | 270 | |
Korean-American Organizations | 271 | |
Annotated Bibliography of Recommended Works on Korea | 275 | |
Index | 287 | |
About the Author | 307 |
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