Part I: Chosŏn in Time and Space
Chapter 1
Korea and Early Modernity
Sixiang Wang
Chapter 2
Foreign Relations
Kirk W. Larsen
Chapter 3
Korea as “Little China” (So Chungwa)
Nataliya A. Chesnokova
Chapter 4
Korea in Japan
Rebekah Clements
Part II / The State, Power, and Resource
Chapter 5
Politics
Christopher Lovins
Chapter 6
The Military
Felix Siegmund
Chapter 7
Discontent
Andrew David Jackson
Chapter 8
Economy
Young-Jun Cho
Part III: Society and Identity
Chapter 9
Status and Class
Eugene Y. Park
Chapter 10
Foreigners and the Descendants
Adam Bohnet
Chapter 11
Gender
Marion Eggert
Part IV: Philosophy and Religion
Chapter 12
Confucianism
Isabelle Sancho
Chapter 13
Buddhism
Juhn Y. Ahn
Chapter 14
Popular Religion
Boudewijn Walraven
Chapter 15
Catholicism
Franklin D. Rausch
Part V: Language, Learning, and Knowledge
Chapter 16
Language
Ross King
Chapter 17
Education
Diana Yuksel
Chapter 18
Science and Technology
Don Baker
Part VI: Creative Genres
Chapter 19
Literature
Gregory N. Evon
Chapter 20
Visual Arts
Yoonjung Seo
Chapter 21
Performing Arts
CedarBough T. Saeji
Epilogue: Korea since 1873
Mark E. Caprio
Biography
Eugene Y. Park is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. Author of seven books, including Korea: A History (2022), his scholarship focuses on East Asia, especially Korean politics and society from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century. Maintaining a comparative perspective and interested in periodizing global history, Park also enjoys readings and conversations in evolutionary biology, deep history, and population genetics. His current research topics include ancient animal symbolism and historical human-feline interactions. In 2016, Park co-chaired the organizing committee of the Eighth Biennial World Congress of Korean Studies.
