Marginality and Subversion in Korea
The Hong Kyongnae Rebellion of 1812
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2013
304 pages
978-0-295-80338-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this first extensive study in the English language of any of the major nineteenth-century rebellions in Korea, Kim argues convincingly that it was neither desperate peasants nor ambitious new economic forces but rather traditional local elites, frustrated by their marginalization from the center and by government policies that threatened to undermine both their status and their financial well-being, who plotted and carried out the rebellion of 1812.
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04/2007
University of Washington Press
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Sun Joo Kim is professor of Korean history at Harvard University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- Weights and Measures
- Introduction
- Part I. State, Region, Regional Elite, and Culture
- 1. Historical Development of the Ch'ongbuk Region and the Regional Elite
- 2. Regional Discrimination and the Hong Kyongnae Rebellion
- 3. The Economic Context of the Hong Kyongnae Rebellion
- 4. Prophecy and Popular Rebellion
- Part II. The Hong Kyongnae Rebellion of 1812
- 5. Leadership and Preparation
- 6. Rebels and Counterrebels
- 7. Rebels on the Defense
- 8. Nation, Class, and Region in the Study of the Hong Kyongnae Rebellion
- Appendixes
- A. Primary Sources and Methodology
- B. Paek Kyonghae's Career History
- C. Fates of the Key Rebel Leaders
- D. Kings of the Choson Dynasty
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
