Sources of Korean Tradition, Vol. 2
Subtitle: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries
Contributors: Yôngho Ch'oe (Editor); Peter H. Lee (Editor); Wm. Theodore de Bary (Editor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9780231120319
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Asian studies; Cultural studies; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; History; History - General History; History: American; Korea; Asia - Korea; Customs & Traditions; History / Asia; Asia - General
First sentence: The establishment of the Choson dynasty in 1392 ushered in two centuries of peace on the Korean peninsula, disturbed only by occasional raids of sea-faring bandits on coastal villages.