Letters from Korean History 한국사 편지 영문판 1~5 세트 - 전5권

* 1권
When did the first humans settle in Korea?
What did Paleolithic Koreans look like?

How did Neolithic Koreans live?
Stone tools

The Bronze Age and Gojoseon, the first state in Korean history
Korea, a land of dolmens

How was life in Gojoseon?
Gojoseon: originally just ‘Joseon’

What came after Gojoseon?
What was the purpose of ‘jecheon haengsa?’

The founding of the Three Kingdoms and Gaya
Gaya culture

Goguryeo: a Northeast Asian superpower
The riddle of the Gwanggaeto Stele

Baekje, land of cultural refinement
King Mu and Princess Seonhwa
Buddhism, key to the culture of the Three Kingdoms
Influence of the Buddhist culture of the Three Kingdoms on Asuka

Life in the Three Kingdoms period
Fridges and drinks

How did Silla achieve unification?
Hwarang: boys as beautiful as flowers

Silla, land of the bone-rank system
Hyangga: songs of Silla

Balhae, land of mystery
Balhae’s road network

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* 2권
Faltering Silla and the Later Three Kingdoms
Jang Bogo, the Great Commander of Cheonghaejin

Wang Geon unifies the Later Three Kingdoms
Doseon and ‘pungsujiri’

Goryeo: land of ‘munbeol’ aristocrats
King Seongjong, Choe Seungno and Confucian politics

Thirty years of war with the Khitans
Yun Gwan and the Nine Fortresses of the North-East

Byeongnando: international port of ‘Korea’
Around Gaegyeong

Goryeo, land of Buddhism
Village guardian deities

How did the people of Goryeo live?
Was ‘goryeojang’ really a Goryeo custom?

The military takes over
Myocheong’s bid to relocate the capital

The struggle for a true meritocracy
Pyeongnyang, the ‘nobi’ who dreamt of freedom

Peasants and ‘cheonin’ take on the Mongols
Goryeo’s temporary capital

The ‘Tripitaka Koreana’ and inlaid celadon: embodiments of the spirit of Goryeo
Printing in the old days

‘Samguk sagi’ and ‘Samguk yusa’: two history books, two agendas
‘Dongmyeong Wang pyeon’ and ‘Jewang ungi’

King Gongmin’s reforms
‘Gwonmun sejok’ and ‘nongjang’: land grabbing at club-point

Cotton and gunpowder
‘Cheongsan byeolgok’ and the decline of Goryeo

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* 3권
How was Joseon founded?
A new name for a new state: ‘Joseon’ or ‘Hwaryeong?’

Hanyang, Joseon’s new capital
Why the king kept moving palace

The real reason Sejong created Hangeul
Jang Yeongsil, Joseon’s greatest scientist

How were government officials appointed?
Men of integrity

How did the people of Joseon live?
Joseon’s children

Joseon, land of Confucianism
Yi Hwang and Gi Daeseung exchange letters

Neo-Confucians: a new breed of literati sparks purges
Seong Sammun and Sin Sukju

Clothes, food and housing in Joseon
Children’s games

Newspapers and books in Joseon
Royal annals: definitive national histories

The Three Great Bandits of Joseon
The mysterious tale of Hong Gildong

A time of crisis: Japan invades
Were turtle ships really clad in iron?

Fighting off the Manchus
Kim Sangheon and Choe Myeonggil

What caused factional strife?
Death in a rice chest: Crown Prince Sado

An Yongbok defends Ulleung-do and Dok-do
Hendrik Hamel and Park Yeon: Joseon’s two Dutchmen

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* 4권
Hwaseong: King Jeongjo’s new city
New martial arts for Joseon

The Silhak vision
‘Wealth is created by the people’

Evolving farms and markets
‘Sanga yorok’: A royal physician’s cookbook

Popular culture flourishes
Yi Danjeon, the ‘nobi’ poet

Love and marriage in Joseon
Gang Jeongildang and Yun Gwangyeon in love

Kim Jeongho and ‘Daedong yeojido’
Korean maps of the past

The peasants rise up
Hong Gyeongnae and the battle of Jeongju Fortress

Seohak and Donghak
Protestantism gains royal backing

Isolation or enlightenment? Korea at the crossroads
‘Uigwe’: Joseon texts seized by France

Opening the doors
A ‘Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce and Navigation’

‘A new world, for three days’: the Gapsin Coup
A military uprising: The Imo Incident

Jeon Bongjun and the Donghak Peasant Revolution
The attack on Gyeongbokgung and the Gabo Reforms

The death of Empress Myeongseong
The Daehan Empire is born

Treaty ports usher in the winds of change
When did Korea start using the solar calendar?

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* 5권
Lost sovereignty
Secret mission to The Hague

The struggle to save the country
Yun Huisun and the Ansaram Righteous Army

Gunfire echoes across Manchuria
A learned man’s burden

The nation rises up
‘Gisaeng’ fight for independence

Hong Beomdo and Kim Jwajin, ndependence army heroes
Yi Hwarim, the female general

Bang Jeonghwan and Children’s Day
Kim Sowol’s ‘Azaleas’

The Kanto Massacre and forced relocation
The photo brides of Hawaii

Sin Chaeho, the father of modern history
A history of pain and blood

Yi Bongchang and Yun Bonggil
The Liberation Army OSS

Koreans who amazed the world
Kim Yeom, Film Emperor of Shanghai

Stolen youth, rotten minds
Investigating Korea’s collaborators

Liberation and national division
What is socialism?

Kim Gu crosses the thirty-eighth parallel
The Jeju Uprising

War divides a nation
The SOFA and the death of two schoolgirls

Rapid growth: a time of miracles and tragedies
Multicultural families, our new neighbors

The struggle for democracy
Democracy and the World Cup

Encounters for reunification
Toward reunification

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