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Corea: The Hermit Nation

by William Elliot Griffis

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Preface to the Ninth Edition
  3. 3Preface to the Eighth Edition
  4. 4Preface to the First Edition
  5. 5Bibliography
  6. 6I — Ancient and Mediæval History
  7. 7Chapter II — The Old Kingdom of Chō-sen
  8. 8Chapter III — The Fuyu Race and their Migrations
  9. 9Chapter IV — Sam-han, or Southern Corea
  10. 10Chapter V — Epoch of the Three Kingdoms — Hiaksai
  11. 11Chapter VI — Epoch of the Three Kingdoms — Korai
  12. 12Chapter VII — Epoch of the Three Kingdoms — Shinra
  13. 13Chapter VIII — Japan and Corea
  14. 14Chapter IX — Korai, or United Corea
  15. 15Chapter X — Cathay, Zipangu, and the Mongols
  16. 16Chapter XI — New Chō-sen
  17. 17Chapter XII — Events Leading to the Japanese Invasion
  18. 18Chapter XIII — The Invasion — On to Seoul
  19. 19Chapter XIV — The Campaign in the North
  20. 20Chapter XV — The Retreat from Seoul
  21. 21Chapter XVI — Cespedes, the Christian Chaplain
  22. 22Chapter XVII — Diplomacy at Kiōto and Peking
  23. 23Chapter XVIII — The Second Invasion
  24. 24Chapter XIX — The Siege of Uru-san Castle
  25. 25Chapter XX — Changes after the Invasion
  26. 26Chapter XXI — The Issachar of Eastern Asia
  27. 27Chapter XXII — The Dutchmen in Exile
  28. 28II — Political and Social Corea
  29. 29Chapter XXIV — The King and Royal Palace
  30. 30Chapter XXV — Political Parties
  31. 31Chapter XXVI — Organization and Methods of Government
  32. 32Chapter XXVII — Feudalism, Serfdom, and Society
  33. 33Chapter XXVIII — Social Life — Woman and the Family
  34. 34Chapter XXIX — Child Life
  35. 35Chapter XXX — Housekeeping, Diet, and Costume
  36. 36Chapter XXXI — Mourning and Burial
  37. 37Chapter XXXII — Out-Door Life — Characters and Employments
  38. 38Chapter XXXIII — Shamanism and Mythical Zoölogy
  39. 39Chapter XXXIV — Legends and Folk-lore
  40. 40Chapter XXXV — Proverbs and Pithy Sayings
  41. 41Chapter XXXVI — The Corean Tiger
  42. 42Chapter XXXVII — Religion
  43. 43Chapter XXXVIII — Education and Culture
  44. 44III — Modern and Recent History
  45. 45Chapter XL — Persecution and Martyrdom — 1801–1834
  46. 46Chapter XLI — The Entrance of the French Missionaries — 1835–1845
  47. 47Chapter XLII — The Walls of Isolation Sapped
  48. 48Chapter XLIII — The French Expedition
  49. 49Chapter XLIV — American Relations with Corea
  50. 50Chapter XLV — A Body-Snatching Expedition
  51. 51Chapter XLVI — “Our Little War With the Heathen”
  52. 52Chapter XLVII — The Ports Opened to Japanese Commerce
  53. 53Chapter XLVIII — The Year of the Treaties
  54. 54Chapter XLIX — The Economic Condition of Corea
  55. 55Chapter L — Internal Politics: Chinese and Japanese
  56. 56Chapter LI — The War of 1894: Corea an Empire
  57. 57Chapter LII — Japan and Russia in Conflict
  58. 58Chapter LIII — Corea a Japanese Protectorate
  59. 59Chapter LIV — Chō-sen: A Province of Japan

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