A New History of Korea - Softcover

Lee, Ki-baik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067461576X ISBN 13: 9780674615762

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1984

Synopsis

The first English-language history of Korea to appear in more than a decade, this translation offers Western readers a distillation of the latest and best scholarship on Korean history and culture from the earliest times to the student revolution of 1960. The most widely read and respected general history, A New History of Korea (Han’guksa sillon) was first published in 1961 and has undergone two major revisions and updatings.

Translated twice into Japanese and currently being translated into Chinese as well, Ki-baik Lee’s work presents a new periodization of his country’s history, based on a fresh analysis of the changing composition of the leadership elite. The book is noteworthy, too, for its full and integrated discussion of major currents in Korea’s cultural history. The translation, three years in preparation, has been done by specialists in the field.

About this title

About the Author:

Ki-baik Lee is Professor of History, Sogang University, Seoul.

Edward W. Wagner is Professor of Korean Studies, Harvard University.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Korean (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 067461576X
• ISBN 13: 9780674615762
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 518