This is a great book on Korean history. It has great maps and charts, just like you would find in a DK type of atlas book. Great printing and color on each page. It starts with the origins of the Korean people through the new millenium with some information on present day North Korea.

This book is a captivating visual addition to the material available on this period. More than 70 prints, taken between 1887 and 1938, give glimpses of the dramatic social changes in progress—missionary doctors, Korean doctors, switchboard operators, Christian weddings, new buildings, schools, teachers, football and tennis teams, crowded roofs, hairdressers, Benedictine industrial schools, Bible translation sessions and much more constitute the subject of images that absorb the reader with their abundance of character and richness of detail. The book begins with four essays on various aspects of missionary involvement in Korea and an interview with a leading academic in the field -as such, it is not only a deeply engaging collection of rare photographs but a solid reference book on the subject of early missionary activity in Korea. Anyone remotely interested in this crucial period of Korean history should consider this book indispensable.

The book contains basic information about social life and customs, dscription and travel, history, Korea (South)

This is a useful information about culture and the art, economy and geography, history and constitution, inter Korean relations, society and life of Korea