ISBN: 9781136166983

"Go with me to a land whose life for ages has been a mystery", wrote a 19th-century visitor to Korea, "a land which from time unknown has kept aloof, whose people might have been the deni… Plus…

"Go with me to a land whose life for ages has been a mystery", wrote a 19th-century visitor to Korea, "a land which from time unknown has kept aloof, whose people might have been the denizens of another planet". He may not have known that in the 4th century AD they had controlled much of north-east Asia and in the 8th their ships had dominated the trade of the Yellow Sea, nor did he guess the astonishing transformation that lay ahead of Korea in the 20th century - all of which are chronicled here. This is the first full-length general history of the country to be published in Britain, and incorporates in its early chapters Chinese and Korean material not previously published in any Western language. Beginning with the prehistoric era, the book provides a uniquely detailed treatment of the earlier periods in Korea's evolution. The work progresses through the era of the Three Kingdoms, Silla, Koguryo and Paekche; the Koryo period (918-1392 AD) which saw the war with the Khitan, the coming of the Mongols and the invasion of Japan; and the rule of the Yi dynasty from 1392 to 1910, which saw the flowering of Korean Confucianism, the invasion of Hideyoshi, the Manchu invasion, long periods of isolation and then the opening of the country to the West. Following this came the decades (1910-1945) when Korea was under Japanese rule; the period of the Sino-Japanese war, the Russo-Japanese war and Asian co-prosperity. Moving towards the present day, the work concludes with the story of the two Koreas and the drawing of the line between them, South Korea's economic successes and the adoption of a new constitution in 1987. Full and accurate records of all the significant persons and dates are provided, including events in China and Japan in so far as they involved Korea. Richly descriptive, with an emphasis on skilfull accounts of the major occurrences, battles and court scandals of the times, this lucidly written history makes absorbing reading, and should be welcomed by the general reader. ; EPUB; History & Transport > Humamities > Regional & national history > Asian history, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9781136166983

"Go with me to a land whose life for ages has been a mystery", wrote a 19th-century visitor to Korea, "a land which from time unknown has kept aloof, whose people might have been the deni… Plus…

"Go with me to a land whose life for ages has been a mystery", wrote a 19th-century visitor to Korea, "a land which from time unknown has kept aloof, whose people might have been the denizens of another planet". He may not have known that in the 4th century AD they had controlled much of north-east Asia and in the 8th their ships had dominated the trade of the Yellow Sea, nor did he guess the astonishing transformation that lay ahead of Korea in the 20th century - all of which are chronicled here. This is the first full-length general history of the country to be published in Britain, and incorporates in its early chapters Chinese and Korean material not previously published in any Western language. Beginning with the prehistoric era, the book provides a uniquely detailed treatment of the earlier periods in Korea's evolution. The work progresses through the era of the Three Kingdoms, Silla, Koguryo and Paekche; the Koryo period (918-1392 AD) which saw the war with the Khitan, the coming of the Mongols and the invasion of Japan; and the rule of the Yi dynasty from 1392 to 1910, which saw the flowering of Korean Confucianism, the invasion of Hideyoshi, the Manchu invasion, long periods of isolation and then the opening of the country to the West. Following this came the decades (1910-1945) when Korea was under Japanese rule; the period of the Sino-Japanese war, the Russo-Japanese war and Asian co-prosperity. Moving towards the present day, the work concludes with the story of the two Koreas and the drawing of the line between them, South Korea's economic successes and the adoption of a new constitution in 1987. Full and accurate records of all the significant persons and dates are provided, including events in China and Japan in so far as they involved Korea. Richly descriptive, with an emphasis on skilfull accounts of the major occurrences, battles and court scandals of the times, this lucidly written history makes absorbing reading, and should be welcomed by the general reader. ; PDF; History & Transport > Humanities > Regional & national history > Asian history, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9781136166983

First published in 1996. Always there are hills in the distance, backed by mountains, wreathed in mist, and always the sound of water.These are the things that have inspired the Korea's p… Plus…

First published in 1996. Always there are hills in the distance, backed by mountains, wreathed in mist, and always the sound of water.These are the things that have inspired the Korea's poets and artists and haunt the dreams of its exiles.An eastern backbone of sharp mountains has ribs that run westward and from these wooded hills flow the water that trickles through the rice fields.Climatic maps show it to be at the centre of a small area that is almost unique in its combination of cold dry winters and hot rainy summers.Most of its plants and animals are common to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere but they are tested almost to destruction by seasonal alternations of Siberian cold and summer monsoons.In May the brown desert of winter begins to shimmer in a delicate veil of green which grows into a summer jungle and dies with glory in a long warm autumn of red and gold.About 600 miles in length and 150-200 miles wide, it reaches out from the mainland like an oriental Italy, with China embracing it to the north and west and Japan only 100 miles away to the south and east. This book illuminates the reader about the history of Korea.; EPUB; History & Transport > Humanities > Regional & national history > Asian history, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9781136166983

First published in 1996. Always there are hills in the distance, backed by mountains, wreathed in mist, and always the sound of water.These are the things that have inspired the Korea's p… Plus…

First published in 1996. Always there are hills in the distance, backed by mountains, wreathed in mist, and always the sound of water.These are the things that have inspired the Korea's poets and artists and haunt the dreams of its exiles.An eastern backbone of sharp mountains has ribs that run westward and from these wooded hills flow the water that trickles through the rice fields.Climatic maps show it to be at the centre of a small area that is almost unique in its combination of cold dry winters and hot rainy summers.Most of its plants and animals are common to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere but they are tested almost to destruction by seasonal alternations of Siberian cold and summer monsoons.In May the brown desert of winter begins to shimmer in a delicate veil of green which grows into a summer jungle and dies with glory in a long warm autumn of red and gold.About 600 miles in length and 150-200 miles wide, it reaches out from the mainland like an oriental Italy, with China embracing it to the north and west and Japan only 100 miles away to the south and east. This book illuminates the reader about the history of Korea.; PDF; History & Transport > Humanities > Regional & national history > Asian history, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9781136166983

First published in 1996. Always there are hills in the distance, backed by mountains, wreathed in mist, and always the sound of water.These are the things that have inspired the Korea's p… Plus…

First published in 1996. Always there are hills in the distance, backed by mountains, wreathed in mist, and always the sound of water.These are the things that have inspired the Korea's poets and artists and haunt the dreams of its exiles.An eastern backbone of sharp mountains has ribs that run westward and from these wooded hills flow the water that trickles through the rice fields.Climatic maps show it to be at the centre of a small area that is almost unique in its combination of cold dry winters and hot rainy summers.Most of its plants and animals are common to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere but they are tested almost to destruction by seasonal alternations of Siberian cold and summer monsoons.In May the brown desert of winter begins to shimmer in a delicate veil of green which grows into a summer jungle and dies with glory in a long warm autumn of red and gold.About 600 miles in length and 150-200 miles wide, it reaches out from the mainland like an oriental Italy, with China embracing it to the north and west and Japan only 100 miles away to the south and east. This book illuminates the reader about the history of Korea.; PDF; History & Transport > Humanities > Regional & national history > Asian history, Taylor and Francis<