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Book SynopsisThrough the use of storytelling, linguistic analysis and journal entries from turn-of-the-century missionaries and traveling Russians in addition to many varieties of unconventional primary sources, this book explores unfamiliar terrain while examining the culture, identity and regional distinctiveness of the northern region and its people.
Trade Review"Sheds light on many aspects of Korean history and culture that have long been ignored. . . . opens doors to further scholarship not only on northern Korean but also on other regions . . . a path-breaking addition to the field of Korean studies."
-- Sean C. Kim * The Journal of Asian Studies *
“The book is a very welcome addition to the literature about the past of the north of Korea… both as an introduction to the historical northern part of Korea as well as an outstanding example of how regional history can be researched and written.
-- Felix Siegmund * New Asia Books *
"In our days of jargon-laden publications, the lucidity of the arguments made and the understandable language of all the texts in the volume is noteworthy. One can only congratulate the contributors and the editors for their remarkable success in creating a very informative and approachable book"
-- Felix Siegmund * The Newsletter: International Institute for Asian Studies *
Table of ContentsMaps, Figures, and Tables
Acknowledgments
Editor’s Note
Introduction: Thinking Through Region Sun Joo Kim
1. Residence and Foreign Relation in the Peninsular Northeast During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries / Kenneth R. Robinson
2. Choson-Qing Relations and the Society of P’yongan Province During the Late Choson Period / Kwon Naehyun
3. Regional Identities of Northern Literati: A Comparative Study of P’yongan and Hamgyong Provinces / Jan Yoo-Seung
4. The Shadow of Anonymity: The Depiction of Northerners in Eighteenth-Century “Hearsay Accounts” (kimun) / Jung Min
5. P’yongan Dialect and Regional Identity in Choson Korea / Paek Doo-Hyeon
6. Dialect, Orthography, and Regional Identity: P’yongan Christians, Korean Spelling Reform, and Orthographic Fundamentalism / Ross King
7. From Periphery to a Transnational Frontier: Popular Movements in the Northwestern Provinces, 1896-1904 / Yumi Moon
8. Subversive Narratives: Hwang Sunwon’s P’yongan Stories / Bruce Fulton
9. The Missionary Presence in Northern Korea before WWII: Human Investment, Social Significance, and Historical Legacy / Donald N. Clark
10. The Northern Region of Korea as Portrayed in Russian Sources, 1860s-1913 / German King and Ross King
11. Images of the North in Occupied Korea, 1905-1945 / Mark E. Caprio
Glossary
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Maps, Figures, and Tables
MAPS
Korea at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
2.1 Road Used by Choson Envoys to Visit the Qing
11.1 Birth Rates
11.2 Literacy Rates
FIGURES
2.1 Illustration of Choson Envoy to Qing
5.1 Dialect and Regional Identity
9.1 Missionary Compound in P’yongyang
TABLES
2.1 Qing Embassies to Choson
2.2 Choson Embassy’s Sojourn in Days by Region
2.3 Cultivated Land and Land Tax Revenues by Province in 1807 –
2.4 Silver Presented to Qing Envoys and Interpreters in the Late Eighteenth Century by Province, in Yang
2.5 Central and Provincial Government Silver Loans to Choson Embassies, in Yang
2.6 Shenyang P’alp’o Trade Privileges by Province, in Number of P’alp’o Granted
2.7 Products Traded at the Chunggang Market, by Province
5.1 Editions of the Iryun haengsilto
5.2 Word Comparison Among Three Editions
5.3 Comparison Between the Yongyong and Haeyong Editions
5.4 Editions of the Nogoltae
5.5 Editions of the Yombul pogwonmun
5.6 Word Comparison Between the Tonghwa Temple and Yongmun Temple Editions
5.7 Editions of the Kyongminp’yon
6.1 Contemporary Standard Korea and P’yongan Dialects
9.1 Korean Christian Mission Statistics (as of June 30) 1908
