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Explores the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula. This book analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy, religion, education, population, and public health.

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"[Breaks] new ground... [Hwang has] offered readers an ambitious challenge: one directed to Korean studies, but also one also carrying its implications far beyond." Cross-Currents

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface Note on Romanization and Translations Introduction PART ONE. THE STRUCTURES OF STATE RATIONALIZATION 1 * State Making under Imperialism: Fragmentation and Consolidation in the Central State 2 * Th e Centrality of the Periphery: Developing the Provincial and Local State 3 * Constructing Legitimacy: Symbolic Authority and Ideological Engineering PART TWO. RATIONALIZING SOCIETY 4 * State and Economy: Developmentalism 5 * State and Religion: Secularization and Pluralism 6 * Public Schooling: Cultivating Citizenship Education 7 * Population Management: Registration, Classification, and the Remaking of Society 8 * Public Health and Biopolitics: Discipliningthrough Disease Control Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 29/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780520288317, 978-0520288317
      ISBN10: 0520288319
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula. This book analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy, religion, education, population, and public health.

      Trade Review
      "[Breaks] new ground... [Hwang has] offered readers an ambitious challenge: one directed to Korean studies, but also one also carrying its implications far beyond." Cross-Currents

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface Note on Romanization and Translations Introduction PART ONE. THE STRUCTURES OF STATE RATIONALIZATION 1 * State Making under Imperialism: Fragmentation and Consolidation in the Central State 2 * Th e Centrality of the Periphery: Developing the Provincial and Local State 3 * Constructing Legitimacy: Symbolic Authority and Ideological Engineering PART TWO. RATIONALIZING SOCIETY 4 * State and Economy: Developmentalism 5 * State and Religion: Secularization and Pluralism 6 * Public Schooling: Cultivating Citizenship Education 7 * Population Management: Registration, Classification, and the Remaking of Society 8 * Public Health and Biopolitics: Discipliningthrough Disease Control Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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