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A landmark study offering an interpretation of the history of traditional Korea.

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"A work of profound scholarship and meticulous research, this book is an extremely important study on an important subject and should be indispensable reading for anyone interested in the history of the Koryo and Choson dynasties. It is also an excellent comparative study of aspects of East Asian history and institutions."

* Korean Studies *

Table of Contents
List of TablesList of Genealogical chartsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Koryo Political SystemThe Rise of a Central Bureaucratic AristocracyThe Yangban in the Change of DynastiesInstitutional Crisis in the Late KoryoReform and Dynastic ChangeThe ideology of ReformSome Final ConsiderationsNotesKorean Dynasties and KingsGlossary of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese TermsBibliographyIndex

The Origins of the Choson Dynasty

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      Publisher University of Washington Press
      Published 1 October 2000
      ISBN-13 9780295979854
      978-0295979854
      ISBN-10 0295979852
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      Religion and politics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A landmark study offering an interpretation of the history of traditional Korea.

      Trade Review

      "A work of profound scholarship and meticulous research, this book is an extremely important study on an important subject and should be indispensable reading for anyone interested in the history of the Koryo and Choson dynasties. It is also an excellent comparative study of aspects of East Asian history and institutions."

      * Korean Studies *

      Table of Contents
      List of TablesList of Genealogical chartsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Koryo Political SystemThe Rise of a Central Bureaucratic AristocracyThe Yangban in the Change of DynastiesInstitutional Crisis in the Late KoryoReform and Dynastic ChangeThe ideology of ReformSome Final ConsiderationsNotesKorean Dynasties and KingsGlossary of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese TermsBibliographyIndex

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