:A History from Ancient Times to 1945

Author: Yung Chung Kim
Publisher: Ewha Women's University Press,1995.
Size: A5,326pp

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface

PART I. ANCIENT CHOSON TO KORYO
1. CULTURAL EVOLUTION
2. TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
3. THE ROYAL COURT
4. THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
5. THE ACCOUTREMENTS OF DAILY LIFE
6. THE ARTS
7. WOMEN DURING THE MONGOL INVASIONS

PART II. THE YI DYNASTY
8. THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW DYNASTY
9. THE STATUS OF WOMEN
10. WOMEN DURING THE JAPANESE AND MANCHU INVASIONS
11. POLITICS AND DAILY LIFE IN THE COURT
12. LOWBORN WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
13. COSTUME
14. EDUCATION
15. WRITERS AND POETS
16. SEASONAL FESTIVALS

PART III. THE MODERN ERA
17. THE OPENING OF KOREA
18. THE COMING OF CHRISTIANITY
19. MODERN EDUCATION
20. SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
21. WOMEN'S LEGAL STATUS DURING THE JAPANESE RULE, 1921-1945
22. WORKING WOMEN
23. WOMEN AND MODERN LITERATURE

CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

About the Author
Yung-Chung Kim editor and translator of this volume, is Professor of History at Ewha Womans University. She is a graduate of the University with graduate degrees from the University of Toronto (M.A.) and Indiana University (Ph.D.). Her academic contribution includes the deanship of the Graduate School of Ewha Womans University (1965-72) and the publication of articles in professional journals on British diplomatic and social history.