Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History 9780415739313, 9781315816722, 1951972112, 0415739314
Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century when Korea became entangled in the world of modern imperialism and the old socia
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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of illustrations......Page 9
Notes on contributors......Page 10
1 Introduction: understanding modern Korean history......Page 14
PART I Late Chosŏn......Page 26
2 Korea by 1860......Page 28
3 Competing imperialisms in Korea......Page 40
4 The nation, the people, and the possibilities of the post-national: Historiographies of late nineteenth-century Korean reform movements......Page 56
5 Religion 1876–1910......Page 75
6 The transformation of the Chosŏn economy in the Open Port Period, 1876–1910......Page 94
7 The 1894 Tonghak Rebellion......Page 108
PART II The colonial period......Page 122
8 The politics of assimilation: Koreans into Japanese......Page 124
9 Colonial modernity......Page 137
10 Women, gender, and social change in colonial Korea......Page 154
11 Nationalist movements before 1945......Page 166
PART III Division and war......Page 182
12 The division of Korea and the rise of two Koreas, 1945–1948......Page 184
13 The Korean War and its politics......Page 193
PART IV North Korea......Page 208
14 North Korean state-making: process and characteristics......Page 210
15 North Korea’s chuch’e philosophy......Page 224
16 A dynastic polity in economic stagnation and decline......Page 234
17 The North Korean famine......Page 247
18 North Korea under Kim Jong II......Page 259
19 Marriage, family, and sexuality in North Korea......Page 275
PART V South Korea......Page 288
20 Trade union movements in South Korea since 1945......Page 290
21 Economic miracle: from post-war reconstruction to post-crisis affluence......Page 308
22 Democratization in South Korea......Page 327
23 Women, gender, and social change in South Korea since 1945......Page 339
24 The post-developmental state: economic and social changes since 1997......Page 356
25 Global Korea......Page 370
26 Inter-Korean relations, 1945–2013......Page 381
Index......Page 404
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of illustrations......Page 9
Notes on contributors......Page 10
1 Introduction: understanding modern Korean history......Page 14
PART I Late Chosŏn......Page 26
2 Korea by 1860......Page 28
3 Competing imperialisms in Korea......Page 40
4 The nation, the people, and the possibilities of the post-national: Historiographies of late nineteenth-century Korean reform movements......Page 56
5 Religion 1876–1910......Page 75
6 The transformation of the Chosŏn economy in the Open Port Period, 1876–1910......Page 94
7 The 1894 Tonghak Rebellion......Page 108
PART II The colonial period......Page 122
8 The politics of assimilation: Koreans into Japanese......Page 124
9 Colonial modernity......Page 137
10 Women, gender, and social change in colonial Korea......Page 154
11 Nationalist movements before 1945......Page 166
PART III Division and war......Page 182
12 The division of Korea and the rise of two Koreas, 1945–1948......Page 184
13 The Korean War and its politics......Page 193
PART IV North Korea......Page 208
14 North Korean state-making: process and characteristics......Page 210
15 North Korea’s chuch’e philosophy......Page 224
16 A dynastic polity in economic stagnation and decline......Page 234
17 The North Korean famine......Page 247
18 North Korea under Kim Jong II......Page 259
19 Marriage, family, and sexuality in North Korea......Page 275
PART V South Korea......Page 288
20 Trade union movements in South Korea since 1945......Page 290
21 Economic miracle: from post-war reconstruction to post-crisis affluence......Page 308
22 Democratization in South Korea......Page 327
23 Women, gender, and social change in South Korea since 1945......Page 339
24 The post-developmental state: economic and social changes since 1997......Page 356
25 Global Korea......Page 370
26 Inter-Korean relations, 1945–2013......Page 381
Index......Page 404
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