The Koreas A Global Studies Handbook None Connor Mary E None by Connor, Mary E, None instant download after payment.

xvii, 305 pages : 24 cm, Provides a comprehensive overview of Korean history, economics, politics, and culture, Includes bibliographical references and index, pt. 1. Narrative section -- 1. Geography and history -- The physical and human geography -- Early Korea -- The Three Kingdoms -- Unified Silla -- The Koryo dynasty -- Early Koryo -- Later Koryo -- The Choson dynasty -- The early period : 1392 to the seventeenth century -- A nation in transition : the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries -- The opening of Korea, attempts at reform, and national peril -- The Tonghak struggle, war, and the Kabo reforms -- The independence movement, modernization, war, and annexation -- The colonial period -- The first phase of Japanese rule -- The second phase of colonial rule -- The third phase of Japanese occupation and World War II -- Liberation, division, and the beginnings of the Cold War -- The Korean War -- Divided Korea : the South Korean experience -- The First and Second republics -- The Third and Fourth republics -- The Fifth Republic -- The Sixth Republic -- Civilian government, Kim Young Sam -- Kim Dae-jung -- Divided Korea : the North Korean experience -- Korea's place in the world, 2. Economic development since 1945 -- South Korea -- Precolonial influences through Japanese occupation -- Liberation, the Korean War, and the early republic -- Rapid economic growth and the state as entrepreneur -- New industries, inflation, and urban problems -- The role of the United States and economic development in Korea -- The role of Japan in economic development -- Economic stability, social equity, and labor militancy -- The world stage -- Failed reform and increased labor agitation -- The economic collapse -- Economic restructuring -- More problems in the restructuring process -- The impact of the crisis on foreign policy -- The Korean economy : current conditions and prospects for the future -- North Korea -- Economic development : 1948-1965 -- Economic…