Early Korean Encounters with the United States and Japan
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society
Pub. Date: Jan. 2008
Paperback: 249 pages
Dimensions (in inches): 9.44 x 6.29 x 0.62
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About This Book
RAS-KB proudly presents a new publication, Early Korean Encounters with
the United States and Japan, written by Dr. Lew, Young-Ick. The book
consists of six essays on late 19th century Korean history. All of them
were originally prepared and presented as conference papers or keynote
speeches at major conferences held in Korea and the US. They deal with
Korea's relations with the US and Japan mainly between 1882, when the
Jeoson Kingdom signed its first modern treaty with the United States,
and 1905 when the same kingdom called the Daehan (Great Han) Empire from
1987, degenerated into a protectorate of Japan.
Dr. Lew, Young-Ick is the Chair Professor of Korean Studies at the
Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University and a member
of the governing council of the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch. He
graduated from Seoul National University with a B.A. in political
science and received a Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages from
Havard University in 1972. He has served as a president of the Korean
Historical Association (1991-1992) and as the founding director of the
Institute for Modern Korean Studies, Yonsei University (1997-2001). He
has written a number of books and articles on late nineteenth- and early
twentieth century Korean history, notably ones on Dr. Syungman Rhee, the
first president of the Republic of Korea.
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