Comments on: North Korea in the Encyclopedia of World History http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2006/04/north-korea-in-the-encyclopedia-of-world-history/ The Korea History Group Blog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:30:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Frog in a Well - The Japan History Group Blog http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2006/04/north-korea-in-the-encyclopedia-of-world-history/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Frog in a Well - The Japan History Group Blog Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:46:58 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2006/04/north-korea-in-the-encyclopedia-of-world-history/#comment-519 [...] I wrote a little about the dearth of information on North Korea in the Enyclopedia of World History (somewhat clunky online version here) over at Frog in a Well - Korea. The book is something of a massive timeline for reference and I just finished going through the Japanese history entries in the work. [...] [...] I wrote a little about the dearth of information on North Korea in the Enyclopedia of World History (somewhat clunky online version here) over at Frog in a Well – Korea. The book is something of a massive timeline for reference and I just finished going through the Japanese history entries in the work. [...]

]]> By: Owen http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2006/04/north-korea-in-the-encyclopedia-of-world-history/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Owen Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:40:52 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2006/04/north-korea-in-the-encyclopedia-of-world-history/#comment-501 I'm currently reading a good article in Korean on the economic history of North Korea since the 1950s which cites a lot of recent research on the DPRK that has been published just in the last 4-5 years. It seems as though North Korean studies have only really taken off in South Korea very recently, so perhaps it's going to be while before they filter through to the English language literature. (Of course we have excellent stuff by Lankov and Charles Armstrong, but they seem to have focused on the early period so far.) I’m currently reading a good article in Korean on the economic history of North Korea since the 1950s which cites a lot of recent research on the DPRK that has been published just in the last 4-5 years. It seems as though North Korean studies have only really taken off in South Korea very recently, so perhaps it’s going to be while before they filter through to the English language literature. (Of course we have excellent stuff by Lankov and Charles Armstrong, but they seem to have focused on the early period so far.)

]]> By: K. M. Lawson http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2006/04/north-korea-in-the-encyclopedia-of-world-history/comment-page-1/#comment-499 K. M. Lawson Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:57:55 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/korea/2006/04/north-korea-in-the-encyclopedia-of-world-history/#comment-499 I was a little harsh in the criticism when I said this: "its distribution of world events, the almost complete domination of political and military history, the consequences of using a national history category approach (though to its credit, the encyclopedia does a lot of cross-referencing when multiple categories have bearing upon events), and the tendency to portray history as a series of distinct events rather than showing trends and continuities across time or describing structural elements." I am just now getting around to reading some of the topical essays, and they mitigate somewhat the deficiencies I claim the work has... I was a little harsh in the criticism when I said this: “its distribution of world events, the almost complete domination of political and military history, the consequences of using a national history category approach (though to its credit, the encyclopedia does a lot of cross-referencing when multiple categories have bearing upon events), and the tendency to portray history as a series of distinct events rather than showing trends and continuities across time or describing structural elements.”

I am just now getting around to reading some of the topical essays, and they mitigate somewhat the deficiencies I claim the work has…

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