Marginality and Subversion in Korea: The Hong Kyongnae Rebellion of 1812

by Sun Joo Kim

Book Overview

In the history of Korea, the nineteenth century is often considered an age of popular rebellions. Scholarly approaches have typically pointed to these rebellions as evidence of the progressive direction of the period, often using the theory of class struggle as an analytical framework. In Marginality and Subversion in Korea, Sun Joo Kim argues that a close reading of the actors and circumstances involved in one of the century's major rebellions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295996048
• ISBN13: 9780295996042
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher