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Confucian statecraft and Korean Institutions: Yu Hyŏngwŏn and the late Chosŏn Dynasty

James B. Palais c1996 © University of Washington Press
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  • 9780295993782 (paper)
  • 9780295974552 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Asian: Northeast (Japan, Korea)
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page vii)
  • Introduction (page 3)
  • PART I. THE EARLY CHOSON DYNASTY, 1392-1650
    • 1. Confucian Statecraft in the Founding of Choson (page 25)
    • 2. The Disintegration of the Early Choson System to 1592 (page 61)
    • 3. Post-Imjin Developments in Military Defense and the Economy (page 92)
  • PART II. SOCIAL REFORM: YANGBAN AND SLAVES
    • Introduction (page 115)
    • 4. Remolding the Ruling Class through Education and Schools (page 122)
    • 5. New Schools: Conservative Restraints on Radicalism (page 170)
    • 6. Slavery: The Slow Path to Abolition (page 208)
    • Conclusion (page 271)
  • PART III. LAND REFORM
    • Introduction (page 275)
    • 7. Land Reform: Compromises with the Well-Field Model (page 277)
    • 8. Redistributing Wealth through Land Reform (page 313)
    • 9. Late Choson Land Reform Proposals (page 354)
    • Conclusion (page 384)
  • PART IV. MILITARY REFORM
    • Introduction (page 391)
    • 10. The Royal Division Model: Rotating Duty Soldiers and Support Taxpayers (page 394)
    • 11. The Debate over the Military Training Agency, 1651-82 (page 442)
    • 12. The Search for Alternative Modes of Military Finance (page 469)
    • 13. Military Reorganization, Weapons, and Walls (page 501)
    • 14. The Military Service System, 1682-1870 (page 537)
    • Conclusion (page 569)
  • PART V. REFORM OF GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
    • Introduction (page 579)
    • 15. The King and His Court (page 581)
    • 16. Reforming the Central Bureaucracy (page 612)
    • 17. Personnel Policy (page 646)
    • 18. Provincial and Local Administration (page 673)
    • 19. The Community Compact System (Hyangyak) (page 705)
    • 20. Yu Hyongwon's Community Compact Regulations (page 735)
    • Conclusion (page 762)
  • PART VI. FINANCIAL REFORM AND THE ECONOMY
    • Introduction (page 769)
    • 21. Tribute and the Taedong Reform (page 771)
    • 22. The Taedong Model for Official Salaries and Expenses (page 815)
    • 23. Copper Cash and the Monetary System (page 855)
    • 24. Yu Hyongwon's Analysis of Currency (page 877)
    • 25. A Cycle of Inflation and Deflation (page 924)
    • 26. Cash and Economic Change after 1731 (page 964)
    • Conclusion (page 999)
  • Epilogue: The Complexities of Korean Confucian Statecraft (page 1002)
  • Notes (page 1020)
  • Glossary (page 1153)
  • List of Kings of the Choson Dynasty (page 1193)
  • List of Names (page 1195)
  • Bibliography (page 1204)
  • Index (page 1231)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JAS 57.2 (May 1998): 557-559 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118%28199805%2957%3A2%3C557%3ACSAKIY%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G
PA 70.3 (Autumn 1997): 458-459 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-851X%28199723%2970%3A3%3C458%3ACSAKIY%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
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