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This paper’s aim is to analyze the publications status of Korea from 1945 liberation to 1950 Korean War. That period was the most confusional age on Korean modern history. Over half century, as Japanese high-handed domination, liberation Korea was ...
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This paper’s aim is to analyze the publications status of Korea from 1945 liberation to 1950 Korean War. That period was the most confusional age on Korean modern history. Over half century, as Japanese high-handed domination, liberation Korea was not ready for an independent country. Also, social confusion that followed conflict of the ideology. Because this condition, publshing statistics was extremely defective. At this study, I have researched some yearbooks that has recorded the circumstances of those days, and have investigated established research works. And I have surveyed newspapers and periodical publications, visited old bookstores. Through these methods I have pursued unconfirmed Korean publishing products of 1945-1950 Period.
At this study, registration rules of publications is followed to Korean Naional Bobliography 1945-1962 that published by National Central Library Seoul, Korea on 1964. Through this study, we have found 20 sorts of separate volumes in 1945. And 55 sorts in 1946, 32 sorts in 1947, 48 sorts in 1948, 59 sorts in 1949, 31 sorts in 1950, new ones are recovered. Total 245 sorts of separate volumes are reconfirmed as our historical publishing hereditament. Types of unconfirmed publishing products are as follows. First, some of theirs are left wing books that is not presented specimen copies for censorship because extreme conflict between left wings and right wings. And there are some matters from unregistered publishers and local publishers. Finally, publishied by local families and by individuals are also sorts of these types. These books was foundation stones that have established liberation country, our precious culture hereditaments. Through these new publishing matters we have confirmed that our exellant cutural capability.
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The central period, 1950 epoch is a confusional era between the Korean war and the 4·19 revolution.
Over half century, as Japanese high-handed domination, liberation Korea was not ready for an independent country. Also, social confusion that followed conflict of the ideology. Because this condision, publshing statistics was extremely defective. At this study, I have researched some yearbooks that has recorded the circumstances of those days, and have investigated established research works. And I have surveyed newspapers and periodical publications, visited old bookstores. Through these methods I have persuited unconfirmed Korean publishing products of 1950-1962 Period.
At this study, registration rules of publications is followed to Korean Naional Bobliography 1945-1962 that published by National Central Library Eeoul, Korea on 1964. Through this study, we have found 104 sorts of separate volumes in the Korean war period. And 202 sorts in the war to 1959, 37 sorts in 1960-1962 period, new ones are recovered. Total 343 sorts of separate volumes are reconfirmed as our historical publishing hereditament. Types of unconfirmed publishing products are as follows. First, some of theirs are left wing books that is not presented specimen copies for censorship because extreme conflict between left wings and right wings. And there are some matters from unregistered publishers and local publishers. Finally, publishied by local families and by individuals are also sorts of these types. These books was foundation stones that have established liberation country, our precious culture hereditaments. Through these new publishing matters we have confirmed that our exellant cutural capability.