Jinwung Kim is Professor of History at Kyungpook National University in Taegu, South Korea. He has published widely on South Korean-U.S. relations, with a particular focus on South Korean perceptions of the United States.

Introduction

I. Dawn of the Korean Nation

1. The Prehistoric Age

2. The Origins of the Korean People

3. Old Chos¿n

4. Confederated Kingdoms

II. The Period of the Three Kingdoms (57 BCE - 676 CE)

5. The Growth of Kogury¿

6. The Rise and Decline of Paekche

7. The Rise and Growth of Silla

8. The Rise and Fall of Kaya

9. Silla's Unification

10. Political and Social Structure of the Three Kingdoms

11. Culture of the Three Kingdoms

12. The Three Kingdoms and Japan

13. "History War" with China

III. Parhae, Unified Silla, and the Later Three Kingdoms (676 - 936)

14. Parhae's Rise and Growth

15. Government and Society of Unified Silla

16. Flourishing Culture of Unified Silla

17. The Later Three Kingdoms

IV. The First Half of the Kory¿ Period (918 -1170)

18. Forging a Centralized Government

19. Ruling Structure

20. Economic and Social Structure

21. Foreign Relations in the Early Kory¿ Period

22. Development of Aristocratic Culture

V. The Second Half of the Kory¿ Period (1170 - 1392)

23. Disturbing Kory¿ Society

24. Kory¿ and the Mongols

25. The Downfall of Kory¿

VI. The First Half of the Chos¿n Period (1392 - 1650)

26. Establishment of a New Order

27. Reorganization of the Ruling Structure

28. Social Structure and Economic Life

29. Territorial Expansion and Foreign Relations

30. Culture in Early Chos¿n

31. The Growth of the Neo-Confucian Literati

32. The Struggle with the Japanese and Manchus

VII. The Second Half of the Chos¿n Period (1650 - 1910)

33. The Revival of the Dynasty

34. The Rehabilitation of Culture

35. The Dynasty in Disturbance

36. Culture in the 19th Century

37. Politics of the Taew¿n'gun

38. The Open Door Policy and the Reform Movement

39. The Tonghak Peasant War and the Kabo Reform

40. Japanese Aggression and the Downfall of Chos¿n

VIII. The Period of Japanese Colonial Rule (1910 - 1945)

41. Government by Bayonet and the March First Movement

42. Japan's Shift to the "Cultural Policy" and Korean Nationalism

43. Japan's Tightening Grip on Korea and Korean Nationalism

44. Japan's Historical Distortions

45. Wartime Policy of the Allied Powers on Korea

IX. Liberation, Division, and War (1945 - 1953)

46. From Occupation to a Separate Government in South Korea

47. Economic and Social Problems in South Korea

48. North Korea after Liberation

49. The Two Koreas before the Korean War

50. The Korean War

X. The Period of Postwar Reconstruction (1953 - 1971)

51. The Establishment of Authoritarian Rule in South Korea

52. South Korean Economy and Society

53. South Korea's Relations with the United States and Japan

54. The Rise of the Juche (Chuch'e) State in North Korea

55. The North Korean Economy

56. North Korea's Foreign Relations

XI. Reversal of Fortune (1972 - 1992)

57. From Autocratic Rule to Democracy in South Korea

58. The Prospering South Korean Economy

59. Militaristic South Korean Society

60. South Korea's Foreign Relations

61. The Totalitarian State in North Korea

62. The North Korean Economy

63. North Korea's Foreign Relations

64. North-South Korean Relations

XII. Both Koreas in a New Phase (1993 - the Present)

65. South Korean Democracy in Full Bloom

66. South Korean Economy and Society

67. The Faltering Juche State in North Korea

68. North Korea's WMD Program

69. North-South Korean Relations

70. Shaking the ROK-U.S. Alliance

71. South Korea's Relations with Neighboring Countries

72. The Prospects for Reunification

Timeline of Korean History

Select Bibliography

Index