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.

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• Part I: Chosŏn in Time and SpaceChapter 1Korea and Early ModernitySixiang WangChapter 2Foreign RelationsKirk W. LarsenChapter 3Korea as “Little China” (Sojunghwa)Nataliya A. ChesnokovaChapter 4Korea in JapanRebekah ClementsPart II / The State, Power, and ResourceChapter 5PoliticsChristopher LovinsChapter 6The MilitaryFelix SiegmundChapter 7DiscontentAndrew David JacksonChapter 8EconomyYoung-jun ChoPart III: Society and IdentityChapter 9Status and ClassEugene Y. ParkChapter 10Foreigners and the DescendantsAdam BohnetChapter 11GenderMarion EggertPart IV: Philosophy and ReligionChapter 12ConfucianismIsabelle SanchoChapter 13BuddhismJuhn Y. AhnChapter 14Popular ReligionBoudewijn WalravenChapter 15CatholicismFranklin D. RauschPart V: Language, Learning, and KnowledgeChapter 16LanguageRoss KingChapter 17EducationDiana YukselChapter 18Science and TechnologyDon BakerPart VI: Creative GenresChapter 19LiteratureGregory N. EvonChapter 20Visual ArtsYoonjung SeoChapter 21Performing ArtsCedarBough T. SaejiEpilogue: Korea since 1873Mark E. Caprio

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.

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• Part I: Chosŏn in Time and SpaceChapter 1Korea and Early ModernitySixiang WangChapter 2Foreign RelationsKirk W. LarsenChapter 3Korea as “Little China” (Sojunghwa)Nataliya A. ChesnokovaChapter 4Korea in JapanRebekah ClementsPart II / The State, Power, and ResourceChapter 5PoliticsChristopher LovinsChapter 6The MilitaryFelix SiegmundChapter 7DiscontentAndrew David JacksonChapter 8EconomyYoung-jun ChoPart III: Society and IdentityChapter 9Status and ClassEugene Y. ParkChapter 10Foreigners and the DescendantsAdam BohnetChapter 11GenderMarion EggertPart IV: Philosophy and ReligionChapter 12ConfucianismIsabelle SanchoChapter 13BuddhismJuhn Y. AhnChapter 14Popular ReligionBoudewijn WalravenChapter 15CatholicismFranklin D. RauschPart V: Language, Learning, and KnowledgeChapter 16LanguageRoss KingChapter 17EducationDiana YukselChapter 18Science and TechnologyDon BakerPart VI: Creative GenresChapter 19LiteratureGregory N. EvonChapter 20Visual ArtsYoonjung SeoChapter 21Performing ArtsCedarBough T. SaejiEpilogue: Korea since 1873Mark E. Caprio

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.

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• Part I: Chosŏn in Time and SpaceChapter 1Korea and Early ModernitySixiang WangChapter 2Foreign RelationsKirk W. LarsenChapter 3Korea as “Little China” (Sojunghwa)Nataliya A. ChesnokovaChapter 4Korea in JapanRebekah ClementsPart II / The State, Power, and ResourceChapter 5PoliticsChristopher LovinsChapter 6The MilitaryFelix SiegmundChapter 7DiscontentAndrew David JacksonChapter 8EconomyYoung-jun ChoPart III: Society and IdentityChapter 9Status and ClassEugene Y. ParkChapter 10Foreigners and the DescendantsAdam BohnetChapter 11GenderMarion EggertPart IV: Philosophy and ReligionChapter 12ConfucianismIsabelle SanchoChapter 13BuddhismJuhn Y. AhnChapter 14Popular ReligionBoudewijn WalravenChapter 15CatholicismFranklin D. RauschPart V: Language, Learning, and KnowledgeChapter 16LanguageRoss KingChapter 17EducationDiana YukselChapter 18Science and TechnologyDon BakerPart VI: Creative GenresChapter 19LiteratureGregory N. EvonChapter 20Visual ArtsYoonjung SeoChapter 21Performing ArtsCedarBough T. SaejiEpilogue: Korea since 1873Mark E. Caprio