Screen LibraryA new history of Korea
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Published for the Harvard-Yenching Institute by Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | 1984. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Hanʾguksa sillon. |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 474 p., [13] p. of plates: ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0674615751 (alk. paper) 067461576X (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | K312 |
| CLC: | K312.0 |
| Call Number: | K312.0/L478 |
| Contents: |
Translation of: Hanʾguksa sillon. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [395]-413. The communal societies of prehistoric times -- Walled-town states and confederated kingdoms -- Aristocratic societies under monarchical rule -- The fashioning of an authoritarian monarchy -- The age of powerful gentry families -- The hereditary aristocratic order of Koryŏ -- Rule by the military -- Emergence of the literati -- The creation of a Yangban society -- The rise of the neo-Confucian literati -- The emergence of landed farmers and wholesale merchants -- Instability of the Yangban status system and the outbreak of popular uprisings -- Growth of the forces of enlightenment -- Nationalist stirrings and imperialist aggression -- Development of the nationalist movement -- The beginnings of democracy. |