HIEA 2101

Modern Korean History: One Peninsula, Two Paths

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Course Description

Discipline(s): Cultures & Societies of the World / Historical Perspectives

This course traces Korea's history from its unified rule under the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) to Japanese colonization (1910-1945) and subsequent division into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of Korea (South Korea). It examines how processes of reform, empire, civil war, revolution, and industrialization shaped both Koreas' development and how ordinary people experienced this tumultuous history.


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