by Key-hiuk Kim

size: A5, 92pages. publisher: Yonsei University Press, 1999.

Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Mid-Nineteenth-Century Korea: A Hermit Kingdom
3. Intrasigence and Confrontation: The Taewongun's Foreign Policy
4. New Relations with Japan
5. China and the Opening of Korea
6. The Aftermath: The Beginning of Sino-Japanese Rivalry
7. Conclusion
- Bibliography