A history of Korea

Roger Tennant

"Go with me to a land whose life for ages has been a mystery", wrote a 19th-century visitor to Korea, "a land which from time unknown has kept aloof, whose people might have been the denizens of another planet". He may not have known that in the 4th century AD they had controlled much of north-east Asia and in the 8th their ships had dominated the trade of the Yellow Sea, nor did he guess the astonishing transformation that lay ahead of Korea in the 20th century - all of which are chronicled here. This is the first full-length general history of the country to be published in Britain, and incorporates in its early chapters Chinese and Korean material not previously published in any Western language. Beginning with the prehistoric era, the book provides a uniquely detailed treatment of the earlier periods in Korea's evolution. The work progresses through the era of the Three Kingdoms, Silla, Koguryo and Paekche; the Koryo period (918-1392 AD) which saw the war with the Khitan, the coming of the Mongols and the invasion of Japan; and the rule of the Yi dynasty from 1392 to 1910, which saw the flowering of Korean Confucianism, the invasion of Hideyoshi, the Manchu invasion, long periods of isolation and then the opening of the country to the West. Following this came the decades (1910-1945) when Korea was under Japanese rule; the period of the Sino-Japanese war, the Russo-Japanese war and Asian co-prosperity. Moving towards the present day, the work concludes with the story of the two Koreas and the drawing of the line between them, South Korea's economic successes and the adoption of a new constitution in 1987. Full and accurate records of all the significant persons and dates are provided, including events in China and Japan in so far as they involved Korea. Richly descriptive, with an emphasis on skilfull accounts of the major occurrences, battles and court scandals of the times, this lucidly written history makes absorbing reading, and should be welcomed by the general reader.

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[目次]

  • Hills and rivers - an overview. Part 1 The three kingdoms: beginnings
  • the three kingdoms and Kaya
  • the land of the Buddhas
  • Koguryo's wars with China
  • the Silla-Tang alliance
  • unification under Silla
  • Silla and Parhae
  • the later three kingdoms. Part 2 Koryo: the great founder
  • war with the Khitan
  • the revolt of the soldiers
  • the coming of the Mongols
  • the court on Kanghwa
  • the invasion of Japan
  • the end of a dynasty. Part 3 Choson: the Confucian kingdom
  • the Confucian king
  • executions and utopias
  • heretics and philosophers
  • Hideyoshi's invasion
  • China intervenes
  • the Manchu invasion
  • western learning
  • northern learning
  • war with the West
  • opening doors. Part 4 The empire of the sun: the Sino-Japanese war
  • the murder of the queen
  • the Russo-Japanese war
  • partisans and journalists
  • Asian co-prosperity. Part 5 The two republics: liberation and division
  • drawing the line
  • students and soldiers
  • awaiting reunion
  • list of maps
  • the dynasties.

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この本の情報

書名 A history of Korea
著作者等 Tennant, Charles Roger
Tennant Roger
出版元 Kegan Paul International;distrubuted by Columbia University Press
刊行年月 1996
ページ数 xii, 318 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 071030532X
NCID BA30010222
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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