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Origins of the Choson Dynasty

John B. Duncan
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      Scholars have long held that Korea’s Choson dynasty (1392-1910) was established by a new socioeconomic class of scholar-officials of local-landlord origins who overthrew the capital-based aristocracy of the Koryo dynasty (918–1392). The Origins of the Choson Dynasty refutes that view, showing that a key feature of the dynastic transition was continuity in the structure and composition of the central ruling class and arguing that the main force behind the establishment of the Choson was the need to revamp institutions to protect aristocratic interests. The change of dynasties thus was less a revolution than a culmination of a centuries-old effort to create a centralized bureaucratic polity.Drawing on a wealth of data compiled from primary sources and presented here in 26 tables and 10 genealogical charts, The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of the central officialdom of the Koryo-Choson transition and offers a new interpretation of the history of traditional Korea.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: John B. Duncan EAN: 9780295979854 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 748 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of Washington Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-10-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / Korea WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Asian history

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      John Duncan is professor of pre-modern Korean history and director of the Center for Korea Studies at UCLA.
      Scholars have long held that Korea’s Choson dynasty (1392-1910) was established by a new socioeconomic class of scholar-officials of local-landlord origins who overthrew the capital-based aristocracy of the Koryo dynasty (918–1392). The Origins of the Choson Dynasty refutes that view, showing that a key feature of the dynastic transition was continuity in the structure and composition of the central ruling class and arguing that the main force behind the establishment of the Choson was the need to revamp institutions to protect aristocratic interests. The change of dynasties thus was less a revolution than a culmination of a centuries-old effort to create a centralized bureaucratic polity.Drawing on a wealth of data compiled from primary sources and presented here in 26 tables and 10 genealogical charts, The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of the central officialdom of the Koryo-Choson transition and offers a new interpretation of the history of traditional Korea.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: John B. Duncan EAN: 9780295979854 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 748 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of Washington Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-10-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / Korea WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Asian history

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      John Duncan is professor of pre-modern Korean history and director of the Center for Korea Studies at UCLA.

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