Adrian Buzo (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)

The Making of Modern Korea

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated fourth edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1876 to the present day. The text is unique in analysing domestic developments in the two Koreas in the wider context of regional and international affairs.

Produktdetails

• Asia's Transformations
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 162mm x 240mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781032149035
• ISBN-10: 1032149035
• Artikelnr.: 64628483

Autorenporträt

Adrian Buzo currently lectures at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has published widely on Korean politics and history, including titles such as The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in the DPRK, published by Routledge (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The setting 2. Lost horizons 1876
1910 3. Joined to the Empire 1910
1931 4. The dark gulf 1931
1945 5. Bitter liberty 1945
48 6. The supreme disaster 1948
1953 7. The battle within
the DPRK 1953
80 8. The ROK and the mastery of despair 1953
71 9. Decline, famine and survival
the DPRK 1980
2011 10. From authoritarian to civilian rule
the ROK 1980
1998 11. The ROK's decade of the Left 1998
2008 12. Hallowed by the price
the DPRK under Kim Jong Un 2011
2022 13. The rise, fall and rise of the Right
the ROK 2008
2021 14. Concluding remarks 15. Major Events 1876
2022