The Neo-Confucian kingship was based on the ideal of the sage king, an ordinary human being rendered supreme through his extraordinary virtue. The eighteenth-century Korean ruler Yongjo, one of that country's most illustrious yet most tragic rulers, is a fascinating example of the Neo-Confucian sage kingship. In this book, JaHyun Kim Haboush provides an outstanding, dramaticall...(展开全部)

The Neo-Confucian kingship was based on the ideal of the sage king, an ordinary human being rendered supreme through his extraordinary virtue. The eighteenth-century Korean ruler Yongjo, one of that country's most illustrious yet most tragic rulers, is a fascinating example of the Neo-Confucian sage kingship. In this book, JaHyun Kim Haboush provides an outstanding, dramaticall...(展开全部)

This volume brings together for the first time a significant body of Professor Barnes' scholarly writing on early Korean state formation, integrated so that successive topics form a coherent overview of the problems and solutions in peninsular state formation. Professor Barnes' writings differ from the majority of other articles on the subject in being anthropological rather th...(展开全部)

In this brilliant narrative of America's first limited war, John Toland shows yet again why, for over two decades, he has been one of this country's most respected and popular military historians. Toland lets both the events and the participants speak for themselves, employing scrupulous archival research and interviews as the bases for the drama and accuracy of his writing. I...(展开全部)

约翰·托兰（John Toland） 美国著名作家、历史学家。1912年出生于威斯康星州，经历过第二次世界大战。其主要作品有《美国的耻辱 : 珍珠港事件内幕》《漫长的战斗 : 美国人眼中的朝鲜战争》《占领日本》《最后一百天》《日本帝国消亡史》《阿登之战》等。曾凭借《日本帝国消亡史 》获得1971年普利策新闻奖。 托兰认为，好的历史著作就是“活 的历史”。他的写作信条是“不应当以自己的观点来讲述，而是像一出戏那样，让实际上发生过的事情重演，这才是所谓活的历史。”托兰的作品摒弃了传统史学著作的生涩与枯燥，代之以丰富的细节描写和对话，使读者犹如身临其境。

Since the end of the nineteenth century, the Korean people have faced successive waves of foreign domination, authoritarian regimes, forced dispersal, and divided development. Throughout these turbulent times, “queer” Koreans were ignored, minimized, and erased in narratives of their modern nation, East Asia, and the wider world. This interdisciplinary volume challenges such ma...(展开全部)

Since the end of the nineteenth century, the Korean people have faced successive waves of foreign domination, authoritarian regimes, forced dispersal, and divided development. Throughout these turbulent times, “queer” Koreans were ignored, minimized, and erased in narratives of their modern nation, East Asia, and the wider world. This interdisciplinary volume challenges such ma...(展开全部)

Turning toward Edification discusses foreigners in Korea from before the founding of Chosŏn in 1392 until the mid-nineteenth century. Although it has been common to describe Chosŏn Korea as a monocultural and homogeneous state, Adam Bohnet reveals the considerable presence of foreigners and people of foreign ancestry in Chosŏn Korea as well as the importance to the Chosŏn monar...(展开全部)

A collection of photographs from Yves Saint Laurent’s debut collection, in 1962. Lots of wonderful behind-the-scenes images. This small hardcover has become quite scarce.