Introduction. Korea's turbulent 20th century
A new century and the end of an era
Colonial state and society
Class and nation in colonial Korea: the 1920s
Colonial modernity, assimilation, and war: 1930-1945
Liberation, civil war, and division
Political and economic development in South Korea
Going it alone: the DPRK, 1953-present
Democratization in South Korea: 1987-2000
Epilogue. Untying the Korean knot.
Korea's twentieth-century odyssey by Michael Edson Robinson. ISBN 9780824831745. Published by University of Hawai'i Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.