Korea : : the past and the present : selected papers from the British Association for Korean studies / / edited by Susan Pares ; with the assistance of J.E. Hoare.

• Author: British Association for Korean Studies.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hoare, James.; Pares, Susan.; British Association for Korean Studies.
• Place / Publishing House: Folkestone : : Global Oriental,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (723 p.)
• Notes: "BAKS papers series, 1991-2005."
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Part 1: The Transition in to the Modern Period: Analysing and Interpreting History Tonghak in the aftermath of the Tonghak rebellion, 1895–1901 /; Fascinating and Dangerous: Japan in Korea’S Enlightenment thought in the 1900S /; Pro-Japanese Economic Alliance Theories during the Period of the Taehan Empire /; Narrative Politics, Nationalism and Korean History /; Socio-cultural Implications of the Recent Invention of Tradition in Korea: an Overview /; Yanagi Sōetsu and Korean Crafts within the Mingei Movement /; Part 2: The Korean Peninsula Since 1945 Leadership transition in Korea and its significance for the region /; Where is the king Buried? Legitimacy Struggles on the Korean Peninsula /; Divisions and Abductions: The Human Cost in Inter-Korean and DPRK-Japanese Relations /; Music of the Fatherland: The North Korean Soundscape in the Construction of Chongryun Identity in Japan /; How Different is Pyongyang Speech from Seoul Speech? /; The Ilhae Foundation: Beyond a Scandal /; Kŏnjŏn Kayo: South Korea’S Propaganda Pop /; South Korean Television Policy and Programmes: A Question of Localism /; ‘Protecting the Nation’: Korean Buddhism under the Rule of Park Chung Hee, 1961–79 /; Minjung Theology and Culture /; Protestant Christianity and the State: Religious Organizations as an Example of Civil Society in South Korea /; Korea and the Gulf Crisis /; The Juche Doctrine and Kim Il Sung’S Success /; The Place of Religion in North Korean Ideology /; Part 3: Economy, Industry and Development Explaining Korean Development: Some Issues of Ideology and Method /; The Quality Puzzle: How has Korean Industry Mastered Technology so Fast? /; The Recent Development of Labour Relations in Korea and their Implications for International Investors /; The globalization of South Korean Automobile Firms and the Korean Government in the 1990s /; The Political Economy of the Korean–Japanese Trade Imbalance /; Part 4: The Cultural Tradition Reverse syncretism and the sacred Area of Muak-tong: The Accommodation of Korean Folk Religion to the Religious Forms of Buddhism /; Why should Korean shamans be Women? /; Eschatology and Folk Religions in Korean Society /; Mumunt’ogi and Megalithic Monuments: A Reconsideration of the Dating /; Social Structure in a Megalithic Tomb Society in Korea /; Crowning Glory: Headdresses of the Three Kingdoms Period /; Ancient Glass Trade in Korea /; Technological Parallels Between Chinese Yue Wares and Korean Celadons /; Part 5:Literature and the Performing Arts The Tradition of Korean Poetry /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 617-664) and index.
• ISBN: 9004217827
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Susan Pares ; with the assistance of J.E. Hoare.

Established in 1982, the British Association for Korean Studies has published nine sets of Papers in the period 1991–2005 – the outcome of conferences, study days and workshops. The themes of Korea past and Korea present were selected to give the editors and BAKS council the widest choice of options in terms of scholarship, subject matter and interest.