HOT ! 【洋書】Korea since 1850 A History of Korea (Bloomsbury Essential Histories): Hwang

A History of Korea (Bloomsbury Essential Histories): Hwang。File:Flag of Korea (1893).svg - Wikimedia Commons。North Korea - Banknote of 100 Won 1978 (P22a) Red Seal。Clay Irving Collection。Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75. Seller Inventory # Contact sellerReport this itemBibliographic DetailsTitle: Korea Since 1850Publisher: Longman Publishing GroupPublication Date: 1993Binding: PaperbackCondition: GoodDust Jacket Condition: No Jacketdetail with the modern period. Employing Korean and Japanese scholarship, the authors have produced an original work that is critical of many prevailing myths. The book:• is a political history tracing the growth of national consciousness among ordinary Korean people;• emphasises the important role of external influence in determining modern Korea's fate;• explains how Korea's geographical position made the country a repeated battleground for imperialist rivalries between 1880 and 1910;• explains how, under Japanese dominion in the years1910-1945, Korea was transformed into a colonial dependency and the Korean people given limited