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This is a two-volume set, containing the constituent parts of the sourcebook: From Early Times to the Sixteenth Century and From the Seventeenth Century to the Modern Period. The two volumes cover past systems of thought, beliefs, roles and customs vital to Korean society and culture.
Representative writings from four centuries of Korean history reveal past systems of thought, beliefs, and customs vital to the maintenance and preservation of Korean society and culture. Contemporary histories, social documents, Buddhist scripture, philosophical treatises and popular literature selected for this volume reflect the dynasties and eras that helped fashion the Late Choson (1600-1860) and Modern (1860-1945) periods. An indispensable tool for scholars, students, specialists, and anyone interested in Korean culture.
-- Wm. Theodore de Bary
-- Wm. Theodore de Bary Wm. Theodore de Bary Wm. Theodore de Ba, Columbia University
Exclusive sales rights in the US and Canada: Columbia University Press This book is the most comprehensive and authoritative English-language anthology of primary source material on Korean civilization ever assembled. It begins with the Korean creation myth, covering the rise of Korea's Three Kingdoms, then the history of the Kory dynasty and its lasting influences on Korean culture, and, finally the Early Choson period, with important reforms in educational philosophy, the rise of medicine, a thriving economy, the changing role of women and the continuing presence of Buddhism.
Offers detailed descriptions of Korean drumming and dance instrumentation, dance formations, costuming, actors, teaching lineages, and the complexities of training.
Argues that states formed in East Asia a thousand years earlier than in Europe, emulating China rather than competing with it.