Early Korean Encounters with the United States and Japan

Early Korean Encounters with the United States and Japan, written by Dr. Lew, Young-Ick consists of six essays on late 19th century Korean history. All of them were originally prepared and presented as conference papers or keynote speeches at major conferences held in Korea and the US. They deal with Korea’s relations with the US and Japan mainly between 1882, when the Jeoson Kingdom signed its first modern treaty with the United States, and 1905 when the same kingdom called the Daehan (Great Han) Empire became a protectorate of Japan.
Essay titles and topics include The Shufeldt Treaty and Early Korea-American Interaction 1882-1905, American Advisors in Korea, Late Nineteenth-Century Korean Reformers' Receptivity to Protestantism, Korean Responses to Japanese Challenges, Japan's Role in the Evolution of Korean-American Relations in the Late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries and Contributions by Western Scholars to Modern Korean Histography