Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
James B. Lewis.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
RoutledgeCurzon,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-316) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter 1 Introduction: reconstructing the past and constructing the future -- chapter 2 TSUSHIMA'S IDENTITY AND THE POST-IMJIN WAERAN JAPAN HOUSE -- chapter 3 The demographic significance of the Japan House: in search of a maritime economy -- chapter 4 The economic significance of the Waegwan -- chapter 5 The political significance of the Waegwan -- chapter 6 Leaky roofs and other matters: the riot as a Japanese negotiating tactic -- chapter 7 Pénétration du corps sociale: prostitution and the rivalry of power and culture at the Japan house in the eighteenth century -- chapter 8 CONCLUSION.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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East Asia from 1400 to 1850 was a vibrant web of connections, and the southern coast of the Korean peninsula participated in a maritime world that stretched to Southeast Asia and beyond. Within this world were Japanese pirates, traders, and fishermen. They brought things to the Korean peninsula and they took things away. The economic and demographic structures of Kyongsang Province had deep and wide connections with these Japanese traders. Social and political clashes revolving around the Japan House in Pusan reveal Korean mentalities towards the Japanese connection. This study seeks to d.
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Title
Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan.
International Standard Book Number
0700713018
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
East Asia.
History & Archaeology.
International relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.