"By studying the early splits within Korean nationalism, Michael Robinson shows that the issues faced by Korean nationalists during the Japanese colonial period were complex and enduring. In doing so, Robinson, in this classic text, provides a new context with which to analyze the difficult issues of political identity and national unity that remain central to contemporary Korean politics."--Page 4 of cover.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Modern Korean Nationalism
2. The Rise of Cultural Nationalism
3. Within Limits: Moderate Nationalism Movements
4. The Radical Critique of Cultural Nationalism
5. Intellectual Crisis in Colonial Korea
6. Conclusion
Notes
Guide to Romanization
Bibliography
Index

Michael Robinson's Peace Corps experience in Korea lead to a career of teaching about Korea and East Asia, most recently as professor of history at Indiana University. He is the author of Korea's Twentieth Century Odyssey: A Short History (University of Hawai'i Press, 2007) and Cultural Nationalism in Colonial Korea (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988).