TOC: A History of Korea

A History of Korea 9781872843865 revised edition published 2008
Table of Contents: A History of Korea

ISBN-13 9781872843865, hard cover

  • Translator’s Preface 12
  • Introduction 17

Part One • Primitive Society • 21

Chapter 1 — Primitive Communal Society 22
1 | People and Labour: Human Evolution 22
2 | Human Life in Primitive Society 23
3 | The Disintegration of Primitive Communal Society 26

Part Two • Ancient Society • 29
Introduction 30
Chapter 2 — The Establishment of Ancient Society 33
1 | The Appearance of Class and Emergence of Old Joseon 33
2 | The Ruling Structure of Old Joseon 36
Chapter 3 — The Development of Ancient Society 40
1 | The Rise of the Three Kingdoms & the Establishment of Goguryeo 40
2 | Political Systems and Social Structures of the Three Kingdoms 44
Discussion 1 — The Ideology of Ancient Society 50
1 | Ideology and Mythology: Its Appearance and Function 50
2 | Buddhism in the Three Kingdoms Period 54

Part Three • Medieval Society • 57
Introduction 58
Chapter 4 — The Establishment of Feudal Society 61
1 | The Transition to Feudalism and Unification of the Three Kingdoms 61
2 | The Establishment of Northern and Southern States 63
3 | Political Structure in the Establishment Period of Feudal Society 65
4 | Peasant Resistance and the Rise of the Hojok in the Late Silla Period 67
Chapter 5 — The Development of Feudal Society 71
1 | The Unification of the Later Three Kingdoms and the Creation of the Political System of Early Goryeo 71
2 | Strengthening the Feudal Political Structure 74
3 | The Socio-economic Conditions of the Peasantry 78
Chapter 6 — Social Change and Peasant Resistance in 12th-14th Centuries 81
1 | Twelfth Century Socio-economic Change and Political Instability 81
2 | Peasant Resistance Struggles 84
3 | Anti-Mongol Resistance and Mongol Interference 86
4 | The Search for Reform 89
Chapter 7 — The Reorganisation of Feudal Society 92
1 | Peasant Trends and the Rise of the New Scholar-Officials 92
2 | The Foundation of Joseon and the New Political Structure 95
3 | The Socio-economic Position of the Peasantry 98
Chapter 8 — Social Change and Ruling Class Response in the 16-17th Centuries 102
1 | Development of the Landlord System and Yangban Dominance 102
2 | The Development of Factional Politics and the Search for Reform 104
3 | Social Ethics and Neo-Confucian Ideology 108
Chapter 9 — Economy and Society in the Period of Feudal Disintegration 112
1 | Changes in the Feudal Economic Structure 112
2 | The Destabilisation of the Status System and the Reorganisation of Taxation 115
3 | Changes in Local Political Structures 118
Chapter 10 — Thought, Politics and the Disintegration of Feudal Society 120
1 | Concentration of Power and Political Change 120
2 | Intellectual Conflict and the Rigidity of the Ruling Ideology 124
3 | Resistance and the Growth of Peasant Consciousness 127
Chapter 11 —Development of Anti-Feudal Peasant Resistance 130
1 | Forms of Resistance Struggle 130
2 | The Northwest People’s Resistance Struggle 131
3 | The Peasant Resistance Struggle of 1862 135
Discussion 2 — Medieval Land Tenure Systems 138
1 | Special Features of Korean Feudal Land Ownership 138
2 | Establishment of the Medieval Land Tenure System 140
3 | The Development of the Medieval Land Tenure System 141
4 | Reorganisation of the Medieval Land Tenure System 144
Discussion 3 — Medieval Status System 147
1| Formation and Development of the Medieval Status System 147
2| Character of the Medieval Status System 153
Discussion 4 — Medieval Thought 156
1 | Buddhist Thought 156
2 | Confucian Thought 164

Part Four • Early Modern Society • 169
Introduction 170
Chapter 12 — Unequal Treaties and the Exploitation of the Masses 173
1 | Open Ports and Unequal Treaties 173
2 | Foreign Economic Encroachment and the Exploitation of the Masses 176
Chapter 13 — Modern Reform Movements 181
1 | The Gapsin Coup and the Gabo Reforms 181
2 | The Peasant War of 1894 185
Chapter 14 — Social Change and Reform in during the Han Empire 191
1 | Socio-economic Change in the Great Han Empire Period 191
2 | The Independence Association and the Gwangmu Reforms 194
3 | The Anti-Foreign, Anti-Feudal Resistance of the Masses 198
Chapter 15 — The Crisis of Colonisation and National Resistance 201
1 | The Fundamental Project of Japanese Colonisation 201
2 | The Righteous Armies and the Anti-Japanese War 205
3 | The Enlightenment Movement 208
Chapter 16 — Japanese Annexation and Anti-Japanese Nationalist Movements 212
1 | Japanese Annexation of Joseon and Military Rule 212
2 | Domestic and Overseas Nationalist Movements 215
3 | The March First Movement 218
Chapter 17 — Growth and Division of the National Liberation Movement 222
1 | Divisive Rule and Exploitation of the Masses 222
2 | The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and the Independence Army Movement 226
3 | Growth and Division of the Domestic National Liberation Movement 227
Chapter 18 — Development of the National Liberation Movement 233
1 | Fascist Rule and Changing Modes of Exploitation 233
2 | Mass Movements and the Socialist Movement 237
3 | National Liberation Movements outside Joseon 240
Chapter 19 — The United Front Movement and Preparation for National Liberation 243
1 | Fascist General Mobilisation and Ethnic Eradication Policy 243
2 | Mass Struggle for Survival and the United Front Movement 247
3 | The United Front Movement and Armed Struggle outside Joseon 248
4 | Preparations for National Liberation, Proposals for Independence Preparing for the ‘War of Liberation’ 251
Discussion 5 — Early Modern Society and Imperialism 253
1 | Imperialism and Colonial Control 253
2 | The National/Colonial Problem and National Liberation Movements 256

Part 5 – Modern Society • 263
Introduction 264
Chapter 20 — Failure to Establish an Independent Nation State and the Korean War 267
1 | Liberation and the Deployment of United States and Soviet troops 267
2 | The Moscow Agreement 270
3 | Divided Government and the Anti-Division Struggle 273
4 | The Korean War 276
Chapter 21 — The April Mass Resistance Struggle and the Establishment of the Military Regime 279
1 | The Yi Regime and the April Mass Resistance Struggle 279
2 | The Rise of the Military Regime and the Anti-Foreign, Anti-Authoritarian Movement 286
Chapter 22 — Militarist Fascism and the Growth of Mass Movements 291
1 | Yusin System and Socio-Economic Structural Change 291
2 | The Mass Movements of the 1970s 294
3 | Military Coup and the Gwangju Mass Movement 297
4 | The Expansion of Fascism and the 1980s Mass Movement 299
Chapter 23 — New Developments in the National Democracy Movement 302
1 | Rapid Economic Growth and Class Differentiation 302
2 | The Anti-Authoritarian United Front and the Mass Struggle of 1987 304
3 | Transformation of the Political System and the Development of the National Democracy Movement 307
4 | Great Transformations in World History and Contemporary Themes 310
Discussion 6 — Women and the Early Modern and Modern Periods 314
1 | The Historical Development of Women’s Issues 314
2 | Early Modern Women and the Women’s Movement 316
3 | Modern Women and the Development of the Women’s Movement 320
Discussion 7 — The Development of Modern Historiography 327
1| Early Modern Historiography 328
2 | Developments in Modern Historiography 332
3 | New Directions in Historical Research after the 1980s 337

  • Appendix: Korean Romanisation 339
  • Index

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