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Authors: Professor Kyung Moon Hwang
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A History of Korea (3 page)
8 Confucianism and the Family in the Early Chos
n Dynasty
The drafting of the Yi family inheritance testament, 1541
Confucian family law and women’s standing
9 The Great Invasions, 1592–1636
The return to duty of Admiral Yi Sunsin, 1597
Problems in the Korean response
10 Ideology, Family, and Nationhood in the Mid-Chosn Era
The birth of a son to Lady Chang, 1688
Latency of the mid-Chosn order
11 Intellectual Opening in the Late Eighteenth Century
The return of Pak Chega to Korea, 1778
“Utility for the greater good”
12 Popular Culture in the Late Chosn Era
Publication of
Observations from the Countryside
, 1862
Popular culture and social consciousness
The destruction of the American merchant ship, the General Sherman, 1866
The nineteenth century issue and internal problems
The occupation of the royal palace by Japanese soldiers, July 1894
A shrimp caught in a whale fight
The opening of the Seoul-Inch’n rail line, 1899
16 The Japanese Takeover, 1904–18
The secret mission to The Hague, 1907
Opening of a special exhibition of Na Hyesk’s paintings, 1921
The March First movement and cultural rule
18 Nation, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Late Colonial Period
The doctoring of a newspaper photo of the Olympic marathon champion, 1936
The quotidian blossoming of modern culture
19 Wartime Mobilization, 1938–45
The visit by authors Yi Kwangsu and Ch’oe Namsn to Japan, 1943
Industrialization and state domination
Resignation, collaboration, and modern identity
The grand narrative: Independence movements
20 The Liberation Period, 1945–50
The May elections in southern Korea, 1948
The primacy of politics: A multi-lateral dynamic
Implanting the southern system
The Chinese entrance into the Korean war, November 1950
Civil wars amidst the cold war
Chinese intervention and the stalemate
Kim Il Sung’s “Juche” speech, 1955
Juche
, history, and legitimacy
Demonstrations against the normalization of relations with Japan, spring 1964
Dictatorship, democracy, and revolutions
24 Culture and Politics in 1970s South Korea
Publication of Kim Chiha’s “Five Bandits,” May 1970
25 Monumental Life in North Korea
Groundbreaking for the Ryugyong Hotel, 1987
Historical path, 1970s to 2000s
26 South Korean Democratization
The prelude: Kwangju, May 1980
The 1987 declaration and election
27 South Korea in the New Millennium
Quarterfinal match versus Spain in the 2002 World Cup finals
Economic growth: A reconsideration
Women and family: Seismic shifts
List of Images and Boxes
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The Ch’msngdae Observatory, Kyngju, South Korea. (Author’s photo.)