The Dynamics of Confucianism and Modernization in Korean History

by Tae-jin Yi and Yi Tae-Jin

Book Overview

This volume makes available for the first time in English a collection of the work of historian Yi Tae-Jin. Over the course of his career, he has done path-breaking research that covers virtually the entire Chosōn period (1392-1910) from the Koryō-Chosōn transition to the Kojong period and Korea's takeover by Japan in 1910. One of the focal points of his scholarship has been to reinterpret Neo-Confucianism as a dynamic force in Korean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933947365
• ISBN13: 9781933947365
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cornell University - Cornell East Asia Series
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher