Korean History

This book explores the way in which modern Korea perceived its closest geographic neighbours, namely China, Japan and Russia. Introducing new sources presented in English for the first time, and including themes such as race, global revolution, and gender, it will be of interest to students and scho..

This book explores the way in which modern Korea perceived its closest geographic neighbours, namely China, Japan and Russia. It examines how Korean nationalism and understandings of modernity in the crucially important formative period spanning the 1880s to 1945 were largely shaped by the images of..

This textbook, updated in its 2nd edition, presents a comprehensive account of North Korea's political, economic and foreign policies since 1945. Moving away from media representations of North Korea as dangerously dysfunctional, it analyses of Kim Il Sung’s vision for the DPRK and demonstrates the ..

This textbook, updated in its 2nd edition, presents a comprehensive account of North Korea's political, economic and foreign policies since 1945. Moving away from media representations of North Korea as dangerously dysfunctional, it analyses of Kim Il Sung’s vision for the DPRK and demonstrates the ..

Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century when Korea became entangled in the world of modern imperialism and the old social, economic and political order began to change; this handbook brings together cutting edge scholarship on major themes in Korean History. Contributions by experts in the field cov..

The book provides new approaches to the study of the Korean War, focusing not just on the familiar Western belligerents but also on the actions of the two Koreas, China and the Soviet Union_x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Strategic Studies...

This fully updated thrid edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1876 to the present day. The text is unique in analysing domestic developments in the two Koreas in the wider context of regional and international affairs. Key features of..