Kyung Moon Hwang

Past Forward

Essays in Korean History

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Produktbeschreibung

A wide-ranging collection of concise essays, 'Past Forward' introduces core features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, demonstrating how Korea's present circumstances both reflect and shape the understanding of its past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781783088799
• ISBN-10: 1783088796
• Artikelnr.: 54844490

Autorenporträt

Kyung Moon Hwang is professor of history and East Asian languages and cultures, University of Southern California, USA, where he teaches courses on Korean history, East Asian studies and world history. He is the author of 'A History of Korea-an Episodic Narrative' (2016), 'Rationalizing Korea: The Rise of the Modern State, 1894-1945' (2015) and 'Beyond Birth-Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea' (2004), and co-editor of 'Contentious Kwangju-the May Uprising in Korea's Past and Present' (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Foreword
Chronologies of Korean History
Themes
Acknowledgments
Note on Romanization and Spelling
Part I Circulating History
1. Recycling Names for Korea
2. Toppling Tyrants
3. Religion and Secularism
4. Commemorating the Comfort Women
5. May 16 and May 18
6. Tragedy and Farce
7. Generational Renewal
Part II Durable Traditions
8. Marking the New Year
9. Slavery , Bondage, and Social Hierarchy
10. Marriage, Adultery, and Concubinage
11. Buddhism and Korean Identity
12. Christianity 's Rapid Rise
13. Civil- Military Balance in Politics
14. Regionalism in Elections
15. Yeongnam's Strong Presidential Politics
Part III Ancient Remains
16. The Beginnings of Korean History
17. Ancient and Present Gaya
18. Empress Gi
19. Speaking of Northern Korea , not North Korea
Part IV Dynastic Depths
20. Currency and National Identity
21. Concubine Descendants
22. The Real Lives of Gisaeng Courtesans
23. A Shocking Execution
Part V Modern Origins
24. Jungin, Forerunners to Professionals
25. 1894, a Signal Year
26. Great Korean Empire
27. March First Independence Movement
28. The Politics of Disease
29. Korean Universities
Part VI Challenges of Nationhood
30. Korea's Past in Light of Brexit
31. Openness and Exclusion
32. The North Korean View of History
33. Another Way to View National Division
34. The First National Assembly Elections
35. Who Started the Korean War ?
36. Textbooks and Competing Nationalist Histories
37. The Complexities of Memorial Day
38. Adoption's Spotlight on Korean History
39. Questioning Monuments
40. Taking Ownership of the Past
Part VII History Makers
41. Demythologizing King Sejong the Great
42. Modern Lady Shin Saimdang
43. Five Potential National Heroes
44. A Portrait of Great Painters
45. Four Young Men from 1884
46. Na Hye- seok
47. Hyundai Motors and Chung Ju- yung
48. Yun Isang and the East Berlin Case
49. Ri Young- hee , Iconoclast for Democracy
50. Kim Young Sam's Broad Historical Appeal
51. Kim Dae Jung 's Historic Election
Part VIII External Presences
52. Korea's Complicated Relationship with China
53. How Chinese was Chinese History?
54. Tiananmen and the Power of History
55. Lotte between Korea and Japan
56. Comfort Women Beholden to History
57. A Modest Proposal for Dokdo
58. The General Sherman Incident of 1866
59. Depictions of the United States
60. Overcoming Old Views of Korea- United States Ties
61. Foreign Language Dependency
Part IX Trials of Modernization
62. Summer Symmetries
63. The Korean War as a Turning Point
64. The Students of April
65. The Four Ds of South Korean History
66. Two Assassinations
67. Roads to Revolution
68. Dramatizations of the Gwangju Uprising
69. The Great Labor Uprising of 1987
Part X Gripped by the Past
70. Natural Disasters and the False Wisdom of the Past
71. Royal Dangers
72. North Korea 's Alternative History
73. Origins of Korea's Political Corruption
74. Anti- Communism's Powerful Hold
75. Fraudulent Captains of the Sewol Ferry Disaster
76. Overcoming Past Hierarchies
77. Gripped by the Authoritarian Mindset
78. Ways of Living History
Index.