A Concise History of Modern Korea: From the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present

by Michael J. Seth

Book Overview

Now in a fully revised and updated edition including new primary sources and illustrations, this comprehensive and balanced history of modern Korea explores the social, economic, and political issues it has faced since being catapulted into the wider world at the end of the nineteenth century. Placing this formerly insular society in a global context, Michael J. Seth describes how this ancient, culturally and ethnically homogeneous society first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153819774X
• ISBN13: 9781538197745
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary