This is the most reliable and popular history of Korea available in English. The tumultuous developments of the modern era receive the greatest coverage, but the book's balanced treatment of traditional Korea emphasizes cultural events as integrally related to the political, social, and economic evolution of this ancient nation. Five outstanding scholars give a wide-angle view of each distinct period, elucidating the past while providing new understanding of the vast changes that have taken place in Korea.

Carter Eckert is Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History at Harvard University.

Ki-Baik Lee is Professor of History, Sogang University, Seoul.

Michael Robinson is Associate Professor of Korean History at Indiana University.

Edward W. Wagner is Professor of Korean Studies, Harvard University.

Other HUP Books by Ki-Baik Lee

• A New History of Korea

Other HUP Books by Michael Robinson

• Colonial Modernity in Korea

Other HUP Books by Edward W. Wagner

• A New History of Korea
• The Literati Purges: Political Conflict in Early Yi Korea