Roger Tennant

A History Of Korea (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1996. Always there are hills in the distance, backed by mountains, wreathed in mist, and always the sound of water. These are the things that have inspired the Korea's poets and artists and haunt the dreams of its exiles. An eastern backbone of sharp mountains has ribs that run westward and from these wooded hills flow the water that trickles through the rice fields. Climatic maps show it to be at the centre of a small area that is almost unique in its combination of cold dry winters and hot rainy summers. Most of its plants and animals are common to the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere but they are tested almost to destruction by seasonal alternations of Siberian cold and summer monsoons. In May the brown desert of winter begins to shimmer in a delicate veil of green which grows into a summer jungle and dies with glory in a long warm autumn of red and gold. About 600 miles in length and 150-200 miles wide, it reaches out from the mainland like an oriental Italy, with China embracing it to the north and west and Japan only 100 miles away to the south and east. This book illuminates the reader about the history of Korea.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136166983
• Artikelnr.: 38256693

Autorenporträt

Roger Tennant

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: HILLS AND RIVERS I THE THREE KINGDOMS I Beginnings 2 The
Three Kingdoms and Kaya 3 The Land of the Buddhas 4 Kogury 's Wars with
China 5 The Silla-Tang Alliance 6 Unification under Silla 7 Silla and
Parhae 8 The Later Three Kingdoms II KORY 9 The Founding of a Dynasty 10
War with the Qidan 11 A Visitor from China 12 The Revolt of the Soldiers 13
The Coming of the Mongols 14 The Court on Kanghwa 15 The Invasion of Japan
16 Reformers and Pirates 17 The End of a Dynasty III CHOSON 18 The
Confucian Kingdom 19 The Confucian King 20 Executions and Utopias 21
Heretics and Philosophers 22 Hideyoshi's Invasion 23 China Intervenes 24
The Manchu Invasion 25 Western Learning 26 Northern Learning 27 War with
the West 28 Opening the Doors 29 The Young Reformers IV THE EMPIRE OF THE
SUN 30 The Sino-Japanese War 31 The Murder of the Queen 32 The
Russo-Japanese War 33 Partisans and Journalists 34 Asian Co-prosperity V
THE TWO REPUBLICS 35 Liberation and Division 36 Drawing the Line 37
Students and Soldiers 38 Awaiting Reunion THE DYNASTIES