집필을 시작하며..........................................................................................................9

1. 4대발명품의 긴 여행......................................................................................12

2. 열강들의 식민지 경쟁....................................................................................20
3. 일본의 산업혁명..........................................................................................27
1) 일본의 개항과 메이지 유신.....................................................................27

4. 조선의 위기.........................................................................................................40

1) 조선의 개항...................................................................................................40
2) 김옥균과 그의 친구들..................................................................43
3) 조선의 난맥상....................................................................................................50

5. 조선의 개혁.........................................................................................................54

1) 갑신정변과 텐진조약................................................................................54
2) 차관의 도입...................................................................................................60
3) 동학농민봉기와 갑오개혁.......................................................................75

6. 비극의 시작.........................................................................................................79

1) 청일전쟁과 시모노세키조약....................................................................79
2) 을미사변..............................................................................................................81
3) 아관파천 그리고 열강들의 침탈............................................................84
4) 러일전쟁과 포츠머스 협약........................................................................89

7. 마지막 과정..........................................................................................................92

1) 을사조약과 조선통감부...............................................................................92
2) 정미7조약과 남대문전투........................................................................100
3) 한일합병과 조선총독부............................................................................108

8. 식민지 시대.......................................................................................................113

1) 무단통치시대(1910~191)......................................................................113
2) 문화통치시대(1920~1932)...................................................................120
3) 침략수탈시대(1933~1945)..................................................................128

9. 종전과 식민지 해방......................................................................................131

1) 미군정 시대....................................................................................................131

10. 분단의 한반도...............................................................................................137