Books On Sejong /Joseon Dynasty

[MTR]

If any one is interested i have been meaning to post this for a while .
first up forget Amazon these books are way to expensive and old ,you have to join a library and use Inter Library loan but if you have an interest in K History ,its worth it .

KIM RENAUD KING SEJONG THE GREAT

HOLCOMBE CHARLES THE GENESIS OF EAST ASIA

COVELL JON JAPANS HIDDEN HISTORY

HAN WOO KEUN HISTORY OF KOREA

KIM HABOUSH CONFUCIAN KINGSHIP IN KOREA

WAGNER EDWARD THE LITERATI PURGES

HOEFER HANS J INSIGHT GUIDE KOREA

RUTT RICHARD ,JAMES SCARTH GATES HISTORY OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE

HENTHORNE WILLIAM E HISTORY OF KOREA

HENTHORNE WILLIAM E KOREAS MONGOL INVASIONS (KORYO )

INOUE YASUSHI WIND AND WAVES (KORYO )

KIM HARBOUSH MEMOIRS OF LADY HYEGYONG (Sado Seja )

KI BAIK LEE A NEW HISTORY OF KOREA (Great stuff on Balhae ,Tae Cho Yong (Dae Jo Young )Chang Po Go /Jango Bo )

PRATT KEITH EVERLASTING FLOWER

TAE HUNG HA SAMGUK YUSA

TAE HUNG HA BEHIND THE SCENES OF ROYAL PALACES IN KOREA

CHOI BYONG HYUN BOOK OF CORRECTIONS

YI IN HWA EVERLASTING EMPIRE

DE BARRY WT THE RISE OF NEO CONFUCIANISIM IN KOREA


JO WANNE T TRADITIONAL KOREA A CULTURAL HISTORY

SHULTZ EDWARD SCHOLARS ANDF GENERALS (KORYO)

HATADA TAKASHI HISTORY OF KOREA

HULBERT HOMER B HISTORY OF KOREA VOLS 1 and 2 (1905 Text ,has massive info missing in more modern historys ,also a very chatty history )

Thats just a few if you are interested in K History ,cant read Hangul than this is your English Language Guide .

[MTR]

Just give this a little bump .

[sayuri]

Thanks, I've been looking Sejong books up in the local libraries.Not much luck.Just keep getting library feedback about "The everlasting light"Thanks so much for the info.

[ajk]

dyc, can you recommend one English-language book on Korean history that you think is particularly good? I've been looking for one book that provides a good general overview of the whole of Korean history for non-Korean readers. Without knowing one book from another, I'm reluctant to shell out the money for any of them. But if you have a recommendation, that would help me a lot.

Anybody else with recommendations, I'm all ears.

[MTR]

I have to go with Hulbert's massive 2 volume History really .
Its horribly out of print so join a Library and get it through an interlibrary loan .
What i like about Hulbert is he had access to all kinds of records and covers so much stuff you will not find in modern texts .
Also i would tip the hat to Behind The Scenes Of Royal Palaces in Korea by Tae Hung Ha .
Both of these tomes are very chatty and informative .
for a more modern text Ki Baek Li A New History Of Korea .

[ajk]

Thanks, dyc! Much appreciated. For now I'll go with the "New History"; something basic to start off with and not overwhelm a simple mind. I just ordered a copy.

For everybody's information, there are plenty of used copies of "New History" listed on bookfinder.com for under $10, shipping included. So it's affordable enough that you can buy your own and not be on a library's timetable.

[ajk]

dyc, the book arrived yesterday and it looks fantastic. Exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. I have a lot of reading and writing that I need to catch up on, but I'll start in on the book ASAP and will let you know how it goes.

By the way, the professor who wrote the paper in the "paper" thread mentioned that book too. He said that when he was teaching (he's emeritus now), he used a 1991 book called "Korea Old and New, a History" which is a combination of Ki Baek Li's material on earlier history and several other contributors' material on modern history. So you obviously picked the right book to recommend for this forum. Thanks again.

[MTR]

No prob
i bet we will have quite a bit of historical fun when we get to Chun -Chu

[jojo]

Thanks for the great list domyoungchun! I appreciate your sharing all of your research with us.

I purchased the New History by Ki Baik Lee. Very readable book. And of course, very interesting.

[tinkerbell]

After you've read more, let me know how you like the book, jojo.