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Reconstructing ancient Korean history
This book examines the historiography of ancient Korea and its relationship to the construction of Korean national identity through a critical and comparative analysis of Chinese and Korean primary sources. It also analyzes the ways in which Korean politics and culture have shaped and been affected by historical narratives.
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The ancient state of Puyŏ in northeast Asia : archaelogy and historical memory
\"Employs archaelogical findings and historical records to describe the kingdom of Puyo, an ancient and largely obscure polity that once exercised influence over a large portion of central Manchuria in what is today the northeastern part of China\"--Provided by publisher.
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Yi Kibaek and Internal Development Theory
Internal development theory (naejaejŏk palchŏnnon) has been one of the most influential and enduring approaches to the systematic study of Korean history since its classic articulation in the 1960s by Yi Kibaek (1924–2004) in Han’guksa sillon (1967, rev. ed. 1976). Scholars see both the influence of modernization theory and resonance with Marxist history in Yi’s language choices. More importantly, it makes Koreans actors in their historical development, unlike Japanese theories of the colonial period which imagined Korea as merely a geographic area acted upon by outside forces. Internal development theory is conventionally invoked in two modes. The first is in its modern mode to advance the position that the “sprouts of capitalism” had appeared and would eventually have led toward Western-style modernization if Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910) was not colonized by Imperial Japan (1868–1945). The second is in its premodern mode, where it asserts that the rise of new social groups were the primary cause of political change. Scholars have tested the premodern mode of internal development theory and, although some aspects are not completely persuasive, the basic premise continues to be influential. This essay presents a draft translation of the last chapter of the revised edition of Han’guksa sillon, “Han’guksa ŭi palchŏn kwa chibae seryŏk” (Development and ruling power in Korean history), which was not included in Edward Wagner’s translation (1984). This hitherto untranslated chapter articulates the way Yi conceptualized what came to be known as the internal development theory.
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Voice from the North
Voice from the North resurrects the forgotten historical memory of the people and region in late Choson Korea while also enriching the social history of the country. Sun Joo Kim accomplishes this by examining the life and work of Yi Sihang, a historically obscure person from a hinterland in Korea's northwestern region who was also a member of the literati. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Yi Sihang left numerous writings on his region's history and culture, and on the political and social discrimination that he and others in his region faced from the central elite.
This work explores a regional history and culture through the frames of microhistory and historical memory. Kim criticizes the historiographical problem of \"otherizing\" the northern region and fills a gap in Korean historiography-the lack of historical study of the northern region from a regional perspective, P'yongan Province in particular. The biographical format of this work engages readers in the investigation of a person's life within the changing world of his time and also creates a space where private and public intersect. Kim places Yi Sihang at the center of the historical stage while describing, analyzing, and reconstructing the world around him through his life story.
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Historicizing the World in Northeast Asia
This chapter contains sections titled:
The Configuration of the National and the Global
From World History to National History
Overcoming Western History
Overcome by Western History
Decentering World History
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History textbooks and the wars in Asia
Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape from the burden of history. This book examines the formation of historical memory in four Northeast Asian societies (China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan) and the United States focusing on the period from the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war in 1931 until the formal conclusion of the Pacific War with the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1951. The contributors analyse the recent efforts of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese scholars to write a 'common history' of Northeast Asia and question the underlying motivations for their efforts and subsequent achievements. In doing so, they contend that the greatest obstacle to reconciliation in Northeast Asia lies in the existence of divided, and often conflicting, historical memories. The book argues that a more fruitful approach lies in understanding how historical memory has evolved in each country and been incorporated into respective master narratives. Through uncovering the existence of different master narratives, it is hoped, citizens will develop a more self-critical, self-reflective approach to their own history and that such an introspective effort has the potential to lay the foundation for greater self- and mutual understanding and eventual historical reconciliation in the region. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Asian history, Asian education and international relations in East Asia.
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