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Chapter 1. The Communal Societies of Prehistoric Times

The Paleolithic Age           1

The Appearance of Neolithic Man          3

Society and Culture in the Neolithic Period           5

Chapter 2. Walled-Town States and Confederated Kingdoms

Bronze Age Culture                  9

Old Choson and Wiman Choson              11

The Formation of Confederated Kingdoms: Puyo, Koguryo, and the State of Chin               15

Society and Polity in the Confederated Kingdoms                 18

Culture in the Confederated Kingdoms Period        21

Chapter 3. Aristocratic Societies Under Monarchical Rule

The Development of the Three Kingdoms: Koguryo, Paekche，and Silla                 24

The Foreign Relations of the Three Kingdoms       30

Political and Social Structure of the Three Kingdoms       32

The Aristocratic Culture of the Three Kingdoms      36

Chapter 4. The Fashioning of an Authoritarian Monarchy

The Government and Society of Unified Silla    46

The Flourishing of Silla Culture            50

The Society and Culture of Parhae        55

Chapter 5. The Age of Powerful Gentry Families

Conflict Within the Hereditary Status System      57

The Rise of Powerful Local Gentry        58  

The Later Three Kingdoms     60

Unification by Koryo          62  

Chapter 6. The Hereditary Aristocratic Order of Koryo

Beginnings of Koryo's Aristocratic Order             68

The Aristocratic Ruling Structure         70

Aristocratic Society and the Economic Structure    74

Foreign Relations         76

Aristocratic Culture                79

Disturbances in the Aristocratic Order           84

Chapter 7. Rule by the Military

The Military Seize Power       86

Peasant and Slave Uprisings                   88

The Military Rule of the Ch’oe               89

The Struggle with the Mongols              91

The Culture of the Age of the Military    93

Chapter 8. Emergence of the Literati

The Pro-Yuan Policy and the Powerful Families     95

Emergence of the Literati      98

The Founding of the Choson (Yi) Dynasty              100

The Culture of the New Literati Class                      102

Chapter 9. The Creation of a Yangban Society

The Development of Yangban Society in Choson                   107

Administrative Structure of the Yangban Bureaucratic State                   109

Social and Economic Structure of the Yangban Bureaucratic State                   115

Foreign Policy of Early Choson             122

Yangban Bureaucratic Culture              124

Chapter 10. The Rise of the Neo-Confucian Literati

Changes in Society under Rule by the Meritorious Elite      132

Emergence of the Neo-Confucian Literati             135

The Struggle Against the Japanese and Manchus                 143

The Culture of the Neo-Confucian Literati            151

Chapter 11. Economic Advances and Intellectual Ferment

Government by Powerful Lineages        155

Changes in the System of Tax Collection               157

Economic Growth       159

Sirhak and Other Intellectual Concerns                 164

Science and Technology         171

New Modes of Expression in the Arts    173

Chapter 12. Dynastic Disarray and National Peril

Government by Royal In-Law Families 178

Tremors in the Yangban Status System                    180

Ideologies of Change and Acts of Resistance        183

Development of a Popular Culture      188

The Reforms and Isolationist Policy of the Taewongun      192

Enlightenment Policy and Reaction Against It     199

The Enlightenment Party’s Abortive Reform         208

The Uprisings of the Tonghak Peasant Army         214

The Reform Movement of 1894-1896        222

Chapter 14. Incipient Nationalism and Imperialist Aggression

The Independence Club          231

Japanese Aggression and the Annexation of Korea              236

Korean Resistance Against Japanese Aggression                  241

Development of a Modern Nationalistic Culture      247

Chapter 15. The First Phase of Japanese Rule, 1910-1919

The Theory and Structure of the Colonial State   254

The First Decade of Colonial Rule, the “Dark Period，” 1910-1919              260

The Japanese Land Survey     264

Communications and Economic Development      269

The Korean Nationalist Movement in   Exile        273

Chapter 16. Nationalism and Social Revelution, 1919-1931

The March First Movement       276

The Cultural Policy Reforms       281

Cultural and Political Renaissance      286

Cultural Nationalism: Gradualism and National Independence          289

Leftist Thought and Political Controversy            296

United Front Tactics and Korean Communism      299

Chapter 17. Forced Assimilation, Mobilization, and War

The Japanese Advance in Asia                305

Agriculture, Industry, and Labor Mobilization     306

Forced Assimilation and War Mobilization           314

The Last Phase of Colonial Rule, 1941-1945        320

Chapter 18. Liberation, Division, and War, 1945-1953

The Colonial Legacy, and the Transfer of Power       327

Soviet-U.S. Rivalry and the Division of the Peninsula                 333

The American Occupation      337

The Emergence of Separate States         339

The Korean War, 1950-1953         344

Chapter 19. Authoritarianism and Protest, 1948-1990

Syngman Rhee and the First Republic     348

The April Revolution (1960) and the Second Republic    352

The Park Chung Hee Era        359

Opposition, Mutiny, Insurrection, and  Coup        368

The Fifth Republic of Chun Doo Hwan, 1981-1988            375

The Sixth Republic and Prospects for Democracy               384

Chapter 20. Economic Development in Historical Perspective, 1945-1990

International Factors              389

Internal Social and Political Factors        399

The Role of Culture and Timing              406

Problems and Prospects         412

Index    419