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

by Michael Seth and Michael J. Seth

Book Overview

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 fell victim to Japanese imperialist expansionism, and then was arbitrarily divided in half after...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742567133
• ISBN13: 9780742567139
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"