Korea

About this book

Angus Hamilton travels through a country under intense political pressure, observing its capital, villages, temples and mountain roads. His account belongs to the unsettled years before Japan formally annexed Korea.

The book describes local customs, trade, government and the transformations affecting daily life. Photographs and travel observations preserve valuable details, while the author's colonial assumptions deserve critical reading. As a record of a particular historical moment, it offers more than scenery: a glimpse of how foreign visitors understood, and sometimes misunderstood, a society facing an uncertain future.