Description Exploring Korean History from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the Story of a People with a rich and united culture that has become two Koreas in modern times--one isolated and secretive and the other among the world\'s most successful economies.
He has authored several books on Korean History including A History of Korea: From A. in East Asian History from the University of Hawaii.
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He worked and taught English in Korea for many years before receiving his Ph.
Seth has been a Professor of world History at James Madison University for more than 20 years.
About the Author Michael J.
Korea\'s History is a turbulent one, but ultimately the Story of a resistant and resourceful People in search of lasting peace.
Seth presents a relevant, interesting and important History of Korea within a larger global context.
Chronicling significant events right up through 2018\'s Singapore Summit, author Michael J.
Today, the two Koreas are starkly different--North Korea a nation closed to the world and South Korea an economic powerhouse and center of Asian democracy.
This Fascinating book tells the Story of Korean domestic dynasties, empires and states, as well as foreign conquest, occupation and division.
Calling themselves as "a shrimp among whales," Koreans borrowed elements of government, culture and religion all the while fiercely fighting to maintain independence from powerful neighbors.
Geographically isolated, the country was heavily influenced by powerful China and was often used as a bridge to the mainland by Japan.
Though it is one of the world\'s oldest and most ethnically homogeneous states, Korea was not born in a vacuum.
Korea was one of the last countries in Asia to be visited by Westerners and its borders have remained largely unchanged since it was unified in the seventh century.
Korean culture developed on a 600-mile-long peninsula, bordered on the north by mountains and three sides by the sea, set apart from the Asian mainland.
Description Exploring Korean History from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the Story of a People with a rich and united culture that has become two Koreas in modern times--one isolated and secretive and the other among the world\'s most successful economies
