Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: The Encyclopedia of Religion
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN Number: 0-02, 0-89256
Book Year: 1987
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
84 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
25,100 |
Portrayal: 10 |
Total: 0 |
Works Cited: 17 (34*) |
|
|
Care of facts: 10 |
Maps: 0 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 10 |
Pict./Illust.: 0 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 10 |
Chart/Graph: 0 |
|
|
POINTS : 40 |
40 |
0 |
3.7 |
* Points were doubled because of very detailed annotations.
Comments
Contains a thorough description of religions found in Korea. This is an excellent work.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: Encyclopedia of World Cultures (Vol. V)
Publisher: G.K. Hall & Co.
ISBN Number: 0-8168-8840-X
Book Year: 1993
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
57 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
10,000 |
Portrayal: 10 |
Total: 1 |
Works Cited: 18 |
|
|
Care of facts: 10 |
Maps: 1 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 9 |
Pict./Illust.: 0 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 10 |
Chart/Graph: 0 |
|
|
POINTS : 15.9 |
39 |
0.5 |
2 |
Factual Errors or Inconsistencies
|
Page |
Errors |
Correction |
|
Xxv, 141, 146 |
On these and several other pages, "Yi dynasty is used. |
Chosön dynasty is preferred. P. 142 mentions Chosön as an alternative to Yi, but it should be the reverse. |
|
Xxviii |
Korean might be remotely related to it [Japanese] but it is probably to be classified as Ural-Altaic. |
Recent scholarship has settled on calling Korean and Japanese part of the Altaic family; usually Ural and Altaic are thought to be unrelated and are not referred to with the hyphenated term Ural-Altaic andy more. On page 145, with the exception of the hyphenated form, the case is stated correctly. |
|
Xxviii |
Seoul...also know as...Kyöngsöng |
Kyöngsöng is Korean for the Chinese characters that the Chinese use and pronounce Jingzhang, and the Japanese pronounce Keijo. No one uses the characters for the Korean pronunciation Kyöngsöng. Delete the term. |
|
Xxviii |
Before 1948 called Corea. |
Should be, called Chosön. |
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141 |
Kolisuchök |
Korisuchök (Paekch'öng would be better) |
|
141 |
Yangmin [for scholar-gentry class] |
Should be yangban for scholar-gentry class; yangmin means the commoners, the same as sangmin mentioned in the text. |
|
143 |
Necha (puppeteers), macho (gamblers) are misromanized, dosa (butcher) is inaccurate |
Butcher should probably be tosalcha. Necha and macho are not possible in the romanization system (neja or nech'a/ majo or mach'o) and are not found in dictionaries either. |
|
147 |
5 percent extra is given to the eldest son in inheritance divisions. |
Should be 50 percent, or one share and a half, extra. |
|
147 |
93 percent literacy |
98 to 99 percent of the population are literate. |
|
147 |
Some genealogies recently published...list female members. |
Unclear what is intended; should probably say, "some genealogies recently published list the descendants of female members of the lineage; whereas earlier practice was to list only the daughter's marriage data, but to exclude data on the posterity of the daughter. |
Maps
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Page |
Topic |
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|
Map 2: East Asia, North and South Korea represented. |
Comments
On page 141, Kolisuchök (which is mis-romanized for Korisuchök) is an odd term for the ethnic group described therein. It is debatable whether one should include an ethnic group that most Koreans do not recognize as a sub-category of ethnic group (as the text admits), but to call that group Korisuchök is a real problem. There are much better know as Paekch'öng.
There are some aspects of the articles on the three Korean groups that represent a minority opinion, that of the author. The texts would all be improved if they went through a review process by other Koreanists. Is this were dome, more of a consensus could be reached, and some of the idiosyncrasies would be eliminated. A more accurate reference work would result.
Overall, the work is technical and well done.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: The World Atlas of Archaeology
Publisher: G.K. Hall & Co.
ISBN Number: 0-8161-8747-9
Book Year: 1985
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
55 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
5,500 |
Portrayal: 10 |
Total: 14 |
Works Cited: 0 |
|
|
Care of facts: 10 |
Maps: 3 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 10 |
Pict./Illust.: 11 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 9 |
Chart/Graph: 0 |
|
|
POINTS : 8.8 |
39 |
7 |
0 |
Factual Errors or Inconsistencies
|
Page |
Errors |
Correction |
|
Overall |
None found. |
|
Maps
|
Page |
Topic |
|
285 |
Map of the ceramic trade route with Korea included. |
|
295 |
Map of Korea and Japan in the Paleolithic and Meolithic periods. |
|
299 |
Map of the route Buddhism took in getting to Japan with Korean included. |
Pictures or Illustrations
|
Page |
Topic |
|
294 |
The site of Sokchangni, Korea, a paleolithic discovery in Korea. |
|
297 |
Needles and fishhooks from Korea. |
|
297 |
Pottery with comb decoration from Korea. |
|
298 |
Painting from the wall of a tomb entitled, the "Black Warrior." |
|
298 |
Painting from the wall of a tomb entitled, the "Red Phoenix." |
|
299 |
The interior of King Muryöng's tomb, Kyöngju, Korea, AD526 |
|
299 |
Gold crown from the great tomb of Hwangnam, Kyöngju, Korea, 5th-6th C. |
|
299 |
Pottery figurine of an imaginary animal from Michuwang-nüng, Kyöngju, Korea, 6th C. |
|
300 |
A small ornamental plaque in gilded bronze. |
|
302 |
Plans of the remains of the mansetery at Ch'öngamni near P'yöngyangm Korea. |
|
302 |
Tile from Sach'öngwangsa monastery at Puyö, Korea c. mid-6th century. |
Comments
Overall, the work is technical and well-done; historical as well as pre-historic periods covered.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: The Times Atlas of World History
Publisher: Hammond Incorporated
ISBN Number: 0-7230-0534-6
Book Year: 1993
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
51 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
1,600 |
Portrayal: 8 |
Total: 30 |
Works Cited: 0 |
|
|
Care of facts: 9 |
Maps: 26 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 9 |
Pict./Illust.: 1 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 8 |
Chart/Graph: 3 |
|
|
POINTS : 2.6 |
34 |
15 |
0 |
Factual Errors or Inconsistencies
|
Page |
Errors |
Correction |
|
80 |
[Map] conquered and put under Chinese administration 109-106 BC. |
Military outposts established 109-106 BC [there is no evidence of wide-spread control or conquest] |
|
165 |
The restoration of Korea to vassal status. |
With the establishment of a new dynasty in Korea, the Chosön, China and Korea returned to normal tributary relationships. |
|
165 |
The Chinese sent huge armies to aid their vassals. |
The Chinese sent huge armies in accordance with their tributary state obligations. |
|
165 |
[Map] Japanese invasions of Korea under Hideyoshi 1582, 1592, 1597-98. |
Delete 1582 |
|
170 |
The Manchus of the Ch'ing dynasty invaded Korea, reducing it to vassal status... |
The Manchus of the Ch'ing dynasty invaded Korea, demanding that it accept Manchu supremacy and enter into a Chinese style tributary relationship. |
|
347 |
[Index entry] Korea...conquered by China 80/3, 125/2. |
Chinese military outposts in Korea. |
Maps
|
Page |
Topic |
|
73 |
Religious map of the world with Korea included. |
|
80 |
Map of Asia with Korea listed as being under Chinese administration 109-106 BC. |
|
81 |
Map of the Han dynasty with Northern Korea (Lo-Lang) listed as a commandery. |
|
124 |
Map of Asia with Korea represented. |
|
125 |
Map of Asia with Korea when it was the Shilla kingdom. |
|
125 |
Map of China with Korea peninsula when it was Koryö. |
|
127 |
Map of the disruption of the Mongol Empire after 1259, Korea represented. |
|
165 |
China during the Ming period when the Mings counter-attacked the Japanese to defend Korea. |
|
171 |
Manchu expansion map, includes invasion of Korea and vassal status in 1637. |
|
228 |
Fall of the Chinese Empire with Korea shown. |
|
229 |
Map of China with Korea represented. |
|
238 |
Map of the Russo-Japanese War, Korea represented. |
|
239 |
Map of China with Korea represented. |
|
241 |
Map of Colonial Powers in 1914-Korea represented. |
|
258 |
The Northern Expedition of China 1926-6 - Korea represented. |
|
258 |
The Nationalist (Kuomintang) regime of China (1928-37). |
|
259 |
Chinese Communist movement to 1945- Korea represented. |
|
259 |
Communist victories of China-Korea represented |
|
266 |
Map of Japanese empire 1941-45-Korea included. |
|
267 |
The Allied counter-offensive - Korea included. |
|
274 |
Population density in East Asia from 1945 - Korea included. |
|
274 |
The Korean War map. |
|
275 |
Detailed map of Korea and Japan. |
|
293 |
World map with Korea represented. |
|
294 |
Map of the World in the 1990's - Korea included. |
|
295 |
Map of European Foreign Direct Investment - Korea included. |
Pictures or Illustrations
|
Page |
Topic |
|
165 |
A Ming naval ship in the defense of Korea. |
Charts or Graphs
|
Page |
Topic |
|
239 |
Growth overseas: Japanese acquisitions 1875-1918. |
|
294 |
Chart of the world's population growth. |
|
294 |
Gross National Product per capita in 1991. |
Comments
There are numerous maps throughout the text that are detailed, specific, aesthetically pleasing, and cover a variety of topics.
In the text, there are some distortions of China's relationship to Korea.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: The Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
ISBN Number: 0-335, 0-85066, 0-903796, 0-905273, 1-85000
Book Year: 1990
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
51 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
9,500 |
Portrayal: 9 |
Total: 0 |
Works Cited: 46 |
|
|
Care of facts: 8 |
Maps: 0 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 8 |
Pict./Illust.: 0 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 6 |
Chart/Graph: 0 |
|
|
POINTS : 15.1 |
31 |
0 |
5 |
Factual Errors or Inconsistencies
|
Page |
Errors |
Correction |
|
491 |
• North Korea's President: Kim Ir Sen |
• North Korea's President: Kim Il Sung |
|
494 |
Korea War |
Korean War |
Comments
The volume contains an extensive and helpful bibliography for further reference purposes.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: World Christian Encyclopedia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN Number: 0-19
Book Year: 1982
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
48 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
3,300 |
Portrayal: 9 |
Total: 19 |
Works Cited: 0 |
|
|
Care of facts: 10 |
Maps: 6 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 8 |
Pict./Illust.: 8 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 6 |
Chart/Graph: 6 |
|
|
POINTS : 5.3 |
33 |
9.5 |
0 |
Maps
|
Page |
Topic |
|
439 |
North Korea in relation to Asia. |
|
440 |
• North Korea, in relation to China, the USSR, South Korea, and Japan. |
|
441 |
South Korea, in relation to China, the USSR, North Korea, and Japan. |
Pictures or Illustrations
|
Page |
Topic |
|
439 |
North Korean flag. |
|
440 |
• Christian Mission to the Communist World sends balloons filled with tracts and literature across North Korean and Chinese skies. |
|
441 |
Korean funeral in a large cemetery, incorporating Shamanist, Buddhist, and Catholic elements. |
|
442 |
•10th Pentecostal World Conference at the Full Gospel Central Church in Seoul, 1973. |
|
443 |
• Projected world headquarters of the Unification Church International (Tong-Il). |
Charts or Graphs
|
Page |
Topic |
|
439 |
• Table 1: Religious adherents in North Korea |
|
440 |
• Table 2: Organized churches and denominations in North Korea |
|
441 |
• Table 1: Religious adherents in South Korea |
|
444 |
• Table 2: Organized churches and denominations in South Korea |
Comments
The population of Seoul is given from 1970 statistics. The information could have been updated for this edition. This text was careful with its facts although they were somewhat out of date. The Romanization was inconsistent.
Title: Dictionary of Asian American History
Publisher: Greenwood Press
ISBN Number: 962-279
Book Year: 1986
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
48 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
6,700 |
Portrayal: 9 |
Total: 1 |
Works Cited: 23 |
|
|
Care of facts: 9 |
Maps: 0 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 9 |
Pict./Illust.: 0 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 7 |
Chart/Graph: 1 |
|
|
POINTS : 10.7 |
34 |
.8 |
2.5 |
Charts or Graphs
|
Page |
Topic |
|
21 |
Figure 1: A schema suggesting nine different paradigms on the rural- urban immigration continuum |
Comments
There are two articles about Korea and Koreans. The first outlines the history of Korean immigration to the United States. The second lists several organizations that Koreans have established in America.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: Past Worlds: The Times Atlas of Archaeology
Publisher: Hammond Incorporated
ISBN Number: 0-7230-0306-8
Book Year: 1988
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
46 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
1,400 |
Portrayal: 9 |
Total: 16 |
Works Cited: 0 |
|
|
Care of facts: 9 |
Maps: 13 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 10 |
Pict./Illust.: 2 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 8 |
Chart/Graph: 1 |
|
|
POINTS : 2.2 |
36 |
8 |
0 |
Factual Errors or Inconsistencies
|
Page |
Errors |
Correction |
|
17 |
108 BC: Chinese take control of Korea, establishing military posts. |
Chinese established military posts in t he northern parts of the Korean peninsula. [Chinese did not control the whole peninsula, and Korea, as a single entity did not exist at this point.] |
|
18 |
The Shilla state controls Korea. |
The Shilla state unifies the Korean peninsula. |
|
20 |
[Omission of a major event on the timeline] |
AD 1392: Establishment of Chosön dynasty in Korea. |
|
20 |
AD 1397 Earliest surviving books printed with movable type in Korea. |
Should be AD 1234. |
|
21 |
[Omission of a major event on the timeline] |
AD 1592 Hideyoshi (Japanese) invasion of Korea [mentioned in the text on page 266.] |
Maps
|
Page |
Topic |
|
60 |
Map of the first Asian Hominids, Korea included. |
|
93 |
Map of the advent of farming in Asia with Korea represented. |
|
93 |
Map of the vegetation areas in East Asia, Korea represented. |
|
101 |
Map of Old World pottery, Korea included. |
|
190 |
Map of the origins of the Begram treasure, Korea represented. |
|
191 |
Map of the Silk Road with Korea included. |
|
192 |
Map of the Eastern and Western Chou in China with Korea represented. |
|
195 |
Imperial China: Han Dynasty, Korea included. |
|
197 |
Map of the introduction of rice c. 1000BC, Korea represented. |
|
197 |
Map of Korea and Japan's early states. |
|
261 |
Map of the spread of Buddhism, Korea included. |
|
262 |
Tang China with Korea represented. |
|
265 |
Map of the recovery under the Ming in China with Korea represented |
Pictures or Illustrations
|
Page |
Topic |
|
197 |
Diadem with six pendants, from north mound of the Great Tomb of Hwangnam-ni |
|
260 |
Korean decorated bell used in Buddhist ceremonies. Shilla period, 8th century AD. |
Charts or Graphs
|
Page |
Topic |
|
14-21 |
World timeline. Several historical events relating to Korea are listed under "East Asia & Oceania." |
Comments
Overall, the time periods covered are well done. The pre-historic period is well-covered; the historic period is scant, compared to China and Japan.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN Number: 0-674
Book Year: 1980
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
40 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
5,800 |
Portrayal: 8 |
Total: 1 |
Works Cited: 6 |
|
|
Care of facts: 8 |
Maps: 1 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 6 |
Pict./Illust.: 0 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 8 |
Chart/Graph: 0 |
|
|
POINTS : 9.2 |
30 |
.5 |
.7 |
Factual Errors or Inconsistencies
|
Page |
Errors |
Correction |
|
601 |
• The Korean language, borrowed heavily from Chinese and Japanese. |
• Korean language is definitely not borrowed from Japanese. |
Maps
|
Page |
Topic |
|
601 |
North and South Korea -- Major concentrations of Koreans in relation to China, the USSR, and Japan. |
Comments
The reviewers felt that the initial portrayal of Korea in the article was somewhat misleading, but it improved as the narrative progressed. The history of Korean immigration to the United States was very well written and documented.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: The Harper Atlas of World History
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
ISBN Number: 0-06-270067-7
Book Year: 1992
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
35 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
700 |
Portrayal: 7 |
Total: 10 |
Works Cited: 0 |
|
|
Care of facts: 8 |
Maps: 8 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 7 |
Pict./Illust.: 2 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 7 |
Chart/Graph: 0 |
|
|
POINTS : 1.1 |
29 |
5 |
0 |
Factual Errors or Inconsistencies
|
Page |
Errors |
Correction |
|
5 |
108 BC. Annexation of Korea by China. |
Military outposts established in northern parts of the Korean peninsula. |
|
84 |
393 AD. The Tamato advance into Korea and take over there, at the expense of the Koguryo and Silla kingdoms. Japan seems to have been unified by the Tamato dynasty, ancestors of the imperial clan. |
[This is one of the worst cases of distortion we have found. This statement is the worst of the remnant of Japanese imperialist propaganda.] The Yamato clan entered Japan from Korea with superior continental technology that enabled them to conquer the less sophisticated tribes. [...at the expense of Koguryö...is nonsense - Koguryö only controlled territory in the north.] |
|
85 |
[Map] Mimana (under Japanese control until 562). |
Mimana is a Japanese word: the small kingdom should be called Kaya, the Korean word. [Again, the Mimana concept is pure Japanese propaganda from pre WWII times.] The actual case is that this time frame is pre-state formation times. Korea was not Korea, Japan was not Japan. Kaya was a state with strong ties, probably because of migration from Korea to Japan, to one or more of the tribes in Japan. Remember, at the time in question, culture/civilization was moving from China to Korea to Japan, not vice versa. |
|
145 |
Example of printing at the bottom of the page: Jik ji sim kyong |
Korean edition of the Buddhist sutra Chikchi simgyöng [the heart sutra]. |
|
286 |
In Korea and Indochina the confrontation became an armed one. 1956 was a pivotal year. |
The Korea War, 1950-53, was more pivotal than obscure crisis in 1956. The Korean War was the first flare-up of the Cold War-needs more coverage here. |
|
302 |
1894: Japan annexes Korea. |
1894-95: Sino-Japanese War. Japan wins concessions in Manchuria and Korea, and annexes Taiwan. 1910: Japan annexes Korea [elsewhere in the text, p.235, p.254, this date is given correctly]. |
Maps
|
Page |
Topic |
|
5 |
Map of Asia 250 BC - AD 220 with Korea included. |
|
85 |
Map of Japan and Korea in the 1st - 12th centuries. |
|
235 |
Division of the world circa 1900 with Korea represented. |
|
254 |
Map of Japan with Korean peninsula. |
|
255 |
1910 After the wars with China and Russia; includes Korea. |
|
273 |
World Map from 1941-45 with Korea included. |
|
295 |
Soviet influence in the world at the end of the 1970's with North Korea included. |
|
303 |
Populations of the world with North and South Korea included. |
Pictures or Illustrations
|
Page |
Topic |
|
145 |
A Buddhist treatise printed using movable type, 1377, Jik ji sim kyong. |
|
286 |
Massacres in Korea. Painting by Picasso 1951. |
Comments
The text was first published in French.
The repetition of unfounded Japanese propaganda in unfortunate.
Reference Book Errors and Comments
Title: Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
ISBN Number: 0-356
Book Year: 1980
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief
|
TOTAL POINTS |
21 |
|
Word Count (40) |
Accuracy (40) |
Visuals (15) |
Bibliography (5) |
|
3,400 |
Portrayal: 5 |
Total: 0 |
Works Cited: 6 |
|
|
Care of facts: 5 |
Maps: 0 |
|
|
|
Up-to-date: 5 |
Pict./Illust.: 0 |
|
|
|
Romanization: 0 |
Chart/Graph: 0 |
|
|
POINTS : 5.4 |
15 |
0 |
.7 |
Factual Errors or Inconsistencies
|
Page |
Errors |
Correction |
|
756 |
Miryek (Mirük), perhaps Buddhist in origin. |
Mirük is future Buddha. It is unmistakably of Buddhist origin. |
|
756 |
On the 15th day of the 6th moon, people wash their hair at the river in order to remove all misfortunes. |
The correct date is the 15th day of the 5th moon (Tano). |
|
757 |
Temples, kung, and myo are dedicated to different members of the royal family. |
The text is dealing with worship ceremonies for the dead. Kung (palace) should not be part of this as it is a place where the royal family used to live. |
Comments
Throughout the text, the romanization of Korean is extremely sloppy; it seemed to use several English-inspired systems and some influence from the French as well.