Early Western Perceptions of Koreans: Part III – Of Labor and Laziness
Western visitors to late 19th century and colonial Korea often write about the Korean worker’s laziness, or at least a profound indifference to their labo...
Author: K. M. Lawson
Early Western Perceptions of Koreans: Part II – Education and the Yangban Class
Western visitors to Korea are struck by the idleness and corruption of the Yangban class. While many of them live in considerable poverty at this point, and the...
Korean History Weblog Launch
Today we are launching our new collaborative Korean history weblog. You can read more about the goals of the site here. I’m going to start it out with a s...
Korean History Weblog Launch
Today we are launching our new collaborative Korean history weblog. You can read more about the goals of the site here. I’m going to start it out with a s...
Searching Google Print for Old Books on Japan
Google print, which is scanning thousands of books in major research libraries, is useful when you want to scan across many English language books for terms. It...
Early Western Perceptions of Koreans: Part I – Introduction
What did visitors to late Chosŏn and colonial Korea have to say about the people and society they found there? When seen through the lens of imperialism and all...
Searching Google Print for Old Books on Korea
Google print, which is scanning thousands of books in major research libraries, is useful when you want to scan across many English language books for terms. It...
Self-Introduction: K. M. Lawson
My name is Konrad Mitchell Lawson. I am in my second year of a PhD in history. My research interests relate to treason, traitors, and the aftermath of war in mo...
Frog In the Well Index, Logo, and Buttons
I have uploaded a new index page for us here at Frog in a Well. It displays our new Frog in a Well logo, based on a painting by Joseph Y. Lo, who has kindly giv...
Frog In the Well Index, Logo, and Buttons
I have uploaded a new index page for us here at Frog in a Well. It displays our new Frog in a Well logo, based on a painting by Joseph Y. Lo, who has kindly giv...
Some Differing Approaches
I have been reading through a collection of books about the road to Japan’s annexation of Korea, mostly somewhat dry political history for my tastes. It i...
Searching Boston Museum of Fine Arts
“The Humane Great Japanese Cross Medical Corps Tending to the Injured in the Russo-Japanese War” (Boston Museum of Fine Arts) The Boston Museum of F...
Theodore Roosevelt and the “Human Bullets”
Nick, one of the contributers here at Frog in a Well, is working on a project related to the Russo-Japanese War (I hope he will be blogging some of his more int...
Frank Capra’s Know Your Enemy: Japan
The (in)famous 1945 Frank Capra propaganda piece Know Your Enemy: Japan can now be ordered very inexpensively as an extra on the $9.99 DVD of John Ford’s ...