Making of Modern Korea

Name: Making of Modern Korea
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ISBN: 9780415414838

ISBN-10: 0415414830

ISBN-13: 9780415414838

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Adrian Buzo

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This fully updated second edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1910 to the present day. The text is unique in placing emphasis on Koreas regional and geographical context, through which Buzo analyses the influence of bigger and more powerful states on the peninsula of Korea. Key features of the book include: comprehensive coverage of Korean history up-to-date analysis of important contemporary developments, including North Koreas controversial missile and nuclear tests comparative focus on North and South Korea Korea examined within its regional context a detailed chronology and suggestions for further reading. …

Book details

List price: $51.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface


Map


Introduction



Joined to the empire, 1910-31


The consolidation of colonial power


The March First Movement


The Japanese response


Korean society in the 1920s


Korean nationalism


Conclusion



The dark gulf, 1931-45


Japanese policy


The Korean economy in the 1930s


Korean resistance


Conclusion



Bitter liberty, 1945-48


Occupying Korea: the first moves


The Moscow Agreement and its aftermath


Conclusion



The supreme disaster, 1948-53


The two Koreas, 1948-50


The road to war


Negotiations


The Koreans' war


Conclusion



The mastery of despair, 1953-71


After the war: the DPRK


After the war: the ROK


The Second Republic


Park Chung-hee and the beginnings of the ROK industrial state


Conclusion



Reversal of fortunes, 1971-80


The talks begin


The DPRK in the 1970s


The Yushin years in the ROK: Park's authoritarian state


The ROK economy in the 1970s


ROK society in the 1970s


Conclusion



Divergent courses, 1980-92


The Kim Jong Il ascendancy


The ROK Fifth Republic


The Roh administration


ROK society in the 1980s


Conclusion



Hallowed by the price, 1992-2006


The North in trouble


The Kim Young Sam administration


The Kim Dae Jung administration


The Roh Moo-hyun administration


ROK society in the 1990s


Concluding remarks


Major events, 1910-2006


Index