The Routledge Handbook of Early Modern Korea

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Eugene Y. Park is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. Author of seven books, including Korea: A History (2022), his scholarship focuses on East Asia, especially Korean politics and society from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century. Maintaining a comparative perspective and interested in periodizing global history, Park also enjoys readings and conversations in evolutionary biology, deep history, and population genetics. His current research topics include ancient animal symbolism and historical human-feline interactions. In 2016, Park co-chaired the organizing committee of the Eighth Biennial World Congress of Korean Studies.

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The Routledge Handbook of Early Modern Korea presents an interdisciplinary survey of Korea's politics, society, economy, and culture from the founding of the Chos n state (1392-1897) to 1873.

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The Routledge Handbook of Early Modern Korea presents an interdisciplinary survey of Korea's politics, society, economy, and culture from the founding of the Choson state (13921897) to 1873.

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Part I: Chosn in Time and Space

Chapter 1

Korea and Early Modernity

Sixiang Wang

Chapter 2

Foreign Relations

Kirk W. Larsen

Chapter 3

Korea as Little China (Sojunghwa)

Nataliya A. Chesnokova

Chapter 4

Korea in Japan

Rebekah Clements

Part II / The State, Power, and Resource

Chapter 5

Politics

Christopher Lovins

Chapter 6

The Military

Felix Siegmund

Chapter 7

Discontent

Andrew David Jackson

Chapter 8

Economy

Young-jun Cho

Part III: Society and Identity

Chapter 9

Status and Class

Eugene Y. Park

Chapter 10

Foreigners and the Descendants

Adam Bohnet

Chapter 11

Gender

Marion Eggert

Part IV: Philosophy and Religion

Chapter 12

Confucianism

Isabelle Sancho

Chapter 13

Buddhism

Juhn Y. Ahn

Chapter 14

Popular Religion

Boudewijn Walraven

Chapter 15

Catholicism

Franklin D. Rausch

Part V: Language, Learning, and Knowledge

Chapter 16

Language

Ross King

Chapter 17

Education

Diana Yuksel

Chapter 18

Science and Technology

Don Baker

Part VI: Creative Genres

Chapter 19

Literature

Gregory N. Evon

Chapter 20

Visual Arts

Yoonjung Seo

Chapter 21

Performing Arts

CedarBough T. Saeji

Epilogue: Korea since 1873

Mark E. Caprio