History of Korea, The

HISTORY Korea (South) Korea
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
2014
Second edition.
EISBN 9781610695824
Early history.
Korean identity.
Tradition.
Modernization.
Nationhood lost.
House divided.
Globalization.
This work analyzes how tragic experiences in the regions' collective history-particularly Japanese colonial rule and the division of the country-have contributed to the dichotomous state of affairs in the Koreas. It traces the development of two contradistinctive nations-North and South Korea-with communism in the north and democracy and industrialization in the south transforming the geopolitical and geo-economic condition of each area.
Korean identity.
Tradition.
Modernization.
Nationhood lost.
House divided.
Globalization.
This work analyzes how tragic experiences in the regions' collective history-particularly Japanese colonial rule and the division of the country-have contributed to the dichotomous state of affairs in the Koreas. It traces the development of two contradistinctive nations-North and South Korea-with communism in the north and democracy and industrialization in the south transforming the geopolitical and geo-economic condition of each area.
