Korea : a very short introduction / Michael J. Seth.
Title:
Korea : a very short introduction / Michael J. Seth.
ISBN:
9780198830771
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
139 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Creating a peninsular kingdom -- A Confucian society -- From kingdom to colony -- From colony to competing states -- Competing states, diverging societies -- Globalizing south, inward north.
Summary:
Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbours China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest for radically different reasons - the South as an economic success story and for its vibrant popular culture; the North as the home to one of the world's most repressive regimes, at once both bizarre and menacing. This book explores the history, culture, and society of a deeply divided region. Michael Seth considers what it means to be Korean, and analyses how the various peoples of the Korean peninsula became one of the world's most homogeneous nations, before exploring how this nation evolved, in a single lifetime, into today's sharply contrasting societies. He also discusses how Korea fits into the larger narrative of both East Asian and world history, economically, politically, and socially.
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OCLC Number:
on1110485163
Availability:
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