A brief history of Korea

Author

Mark Peterson

Call Number

• 951.9 P4856 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York, NY : Facts On File, c2010.

Physical Description

xvi, 328 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents

• From early settlements to the Silla unification of Korea (prehistory-668)
• Unified Silla (668-935) and Koryo (918-1392)
• The early and middle Choson (1392-1636)
• Late Choson (1636-1910)
• The Japanese colony (1910-1945)
• Liberation, division, and the Korean War (1945-1953)
• South Korea's long road to democracy (1953-2009)
• North Korea (1945-2009)
• Conclusion
• Appendixes
• Basic facts : North Korea
• Basic facts : South Korea
• Chronology.