Brief Encounters : Early Reports of Korea by Westerners.

By:

Taizé, Brother Anthony of

Contributor(s):

Neff, Robert

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781624120817

Subject(s):

Korea--Social life and customs--1392-1910

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brief EncountersDDC classification:

951.90200000000004

LOC classification:

DS913.27.B754 2016

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Editors' Preface -- Part 1 EUROPE'S KNOWLEDGE OF KOREA: THE FIRST STEPS -- Part 2 FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY INTO THE 19TH CENTURY -- Part 3 THE OPENING OF KOREA -- Credits.

Summary: This anthology is a compilation of Westerners accounts of their visits to Korea, originally published in books or newspapers before the country opened its doors in the late nineteenth century. The opening of Korea made it possible to explore the country in detail and write detailed accounts. Prior impressions were garnered mostly from brief visits to remote islands along the coast. The accounts published here are mainly anecdotal, and contain many generalizations. However, the accumulated impressions of these early encounters surely influenced the perspectives of later travelers, and help explain the overwhelmingly negative image of Korea that Western governments harbored at the time. The book can serve as a useful resource for studying Korea s early interactions with the outside world, and will give readers an idea of the criteria by which Westerners judged the foreign other.

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Intro -- Contents -- Editors' Preface -- Part 1 EUROPE'S KNOWLEDGE OF KOREA: THE FIRST STEPS -- Part 2 FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY INTO THE 19TH CENTURY -- Part 3 THE OPENING OF KOREA -- Credits.

This anthology is a compilation of Westerners accounts of their visits to Korea, originally published in books or newspapers before the country opened its doors in the late nineteenth century. The opening of Korea made it possible to explore the country in detail and write detailed accounts. Prior impressions were garnered mostly from brief visits to remote islands along the coast. The accounts published here are mainly anecdotal, and contain many generalizations. However, the accumulated impressions of these early encounters surely influenced the perspectives of later travelers, and help explain the overwhelmingly negative image of Korea that Western governments harbored at the time. The book can serve as a useful resource for studying Korea s early interactions with the outside world, and will give readers an idea of the criteria by which Westerners judged the foreign other.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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