Rationalizing Korea The Rise of the Modern State, 1894-1945

Name: Rationalizing Korea The Rise of the Modern State, 1894-1945
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ISBN: 9780520288324

ISBN-10: 0520288327

ISBN-13: 9780520288324

Edition: 2016

Authors: Kyung Moon Hwang

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The first book to explore the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula, Rationalizing Korea analyzes the state’s relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy (developmentalism), religion (secularization), education (public schooling), population (registration), and public health (disease control). Kyung Moon Hwang argues that while this formative process resulted in a more commanding and systematic state, it was also highly fragmented, socially embedded, and driven by competing, often conflicting rationalizations, including those of Confucian statecraft and legitimation. Such outcomes reflected…

Book details

Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/29/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.91" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

Kyung Moon Hwang is Assistant Professor of History at University of Southern California.