Table of Contents

List of Chronologies and Maps Brief Chronology Map - to follow Acknowledgements Introduction Note on Romanization Koguryo and Ancient Korea Queen Sondok and Silla's Unification of Korea The Unified Silla Dynasty Founding of the Koryo Dynasty Religion and Regionalism in the Koryo Order The Mongol Overlord Period Koryo-Choson Transition Confucianism in the Early Choson Dynasty The Great Invasions, 1592-1636 Politics, Ideology, Family, and Nationhood in the Mid-Choson Era Intellectual Opening in the Late 18th Century Popular Culture in the Late Choson 19th Century Unrest 1894, A Fateful Year The Great Korean Empire The Japanese Takeover, 1904-1918 The Long 1920s Nation, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Late Colonial Period Wartime Mobilization, 1938-45 The Liberation Period, 1945-1950 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 New Millennium

About the Author

KYUNG MOON HWANG is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Southern California, USA. He is the author of Beyond Birth: Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea (Harvard University Press, 2004).

Reviews

'Hwang raises questions at every turn and challenges the reader to engage with issues that animated past generations, issues that concern us today, and issues that impinge on our collective future in a world where Korea and Koreans matter.' - James B. Lewis, Lecturer in Korean History, University of Oxford