A large part of this book (ch. 2-11) based on: A new history of Korea / Ki-baik Lee. Korean collection. Includes index. Korean collection. In large part, this book (ch. 2-11) based on: A new history of Korea / Ki-baik Lee. Includes index.

The communal societies of prehistoric times -- Walled-town states and confederated kingdoms -- Aristocratic societies under monarchical rule -- The fashioning of an authoritarian monarchy -- The age of powerful gentry families -- The hereditary aristocratic Order of Koryo -- Rule by the military -- Emergence of the Literati -- The creation of a Yangban society -- The rise of the Neo-Confucian Literati -- Economic advances and intellectual ferment -- Dynastic disarray and national peril -- Growth of the forces of enlightenment -- Incipient nationalism and imperialist aggression -- The first phase of Japanese Rule, 1910-1919 -- Nationalism and social revolution, 1919-1931 -- Forced assimilation, mobilization, and war -- Liberation, division, and war, 1945-1953 -- Authoritarianism and protest, 1948-1990 -- Economic development in historical perspective, 1945-1990.