The Routledge Handbook of Early Modern Korea

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.

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.

Part I: Chos-n 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