The Dynamics of Confucianism and Modernization in Korean History Yi Hardback

The Dynamics of Confucianism and Modernization in Korean HistoryAuthor(s): Tae-Jin Yi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University East Asia Program\nISBN-13: 9781933947068, 978-1933947068\nSynopsis\nThis volume makes available for the first time in English a collection of the work of historian Yi Tae-Jin. Over the course of his career, he has done path-breaking research that covers virtually the entire Chos?n period [tel] from the Kory?-Chos?n transition to the Kojong period and Korea's takeover by Japan in 1910. One of the focal points of his scholarship has been to reinterpret Neo-Confucianism as a dynamic force in Korean history. The first half of this volume is devoted to his seminal work on the historical factors behind the founding of the Chos?n dynasty. He has shown how the rise of Neo-Confucianism during the Kory?-Chos?n transition was tied to unprecedented advances in agriculture and medicine that led to a fundamental so.