The Making of Modern Korea

Adrian Buzo

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781032149035
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000776652
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: History

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.

Key features of the book include:

• comprehensive coverage of modern Korean history since 1876
• expanded coverage of social and cultural affairs
• up-to-date analysis of contemporary North Korea, including assessments of the Kim Jong Un administration and development of its nuclear weapons programme
• a detailed chronology and suggestions for further reading

The Making of Modern Korea is a valuable one-volume resource for students of modern Korean history, international politics, and Asian Studies.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 The Setting
• 2 Lost Horizons – Chosŏn 1876–1910
• 3 Joined to the Empire 1910–1931
• 4 The Dark Gulf 1931–1945
• 5 Bitter Liberty 1945–1948
• 6 The Supreme Disaster 1948–1953
• 7 The DPRK and the Battle within 1953–1980
• 8 The ROK and the Mastery of Despair 1953–1979
• 9 The DPRK: Decline, Famine, and Survival 
1980–2011
• 10 The ROK: From Authoritarian to Civilian Rule 
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 ROK: Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Right 
2008–2022
• 14 Concluding Remarks
• 15 Major Events 1876–2022
• Index