Korean History: A Bibliography
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Choson: Governance

Baker, Donald. "King Sejong the Great: Bringing Heaven and Earth into Harmony." In Young-Key Kim-Renaud, ed. King Sejong the Great: The Light of 15th Century Korea. Washington, D.C.: International Circle of Korean Linguistics, 1992.

Baker, Donald L. “Factionalism in Perspective: Causes and Consequences of Political Struggles during the Choson Dynasty.” Korean Studies in Canada 2 (1994): 2-10.

Baker, Donald. "King Sejong the Great: Bringing Heaven and Earth into Harmony." In Kim Yonggi, ed. Sejong taewang: 15 segi Hanguk ui pich. Seoul: Shingu munhwasa, 1998.

Bartholomew, Peter. "Choson Dynasty Royal Compounds: Windows to a Lost Culture." Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 68 (1993): 11-44.

Ch'en, Chieh-hsien. "A Brief Discussion of the Korean Yi Dynasty National Gazeteer: A Case Study of Tung-kuo yu-ti sheng-lan." In Hangukhak ui kwaje wa chonmang: Che-5 hoe kukche haksul hoeui segye Hangukhak taehoe nonmunjip I (Kijo yonsol - yoksa - omun p'yon): Korean Studies, Its Tasks and Perspectives I: Papers of the 5th International Conference on Korean Studies. Songnam: Hanguk chongshin munhwa yonguwon, 1988.

Cho, Hein. "The Historical Origin of Civil Society in Korea." Korea Journal 37:2 (Summer 1997): 24-41.

Choe, Chung-ho. "Sangso: Written Petitions to the King - Function as A Silent Parliament?" Korea Journal 27:3 (March 1987): 18-27.

Ch'oe, Ch'ang-gyu. "Traditional Political and Legal Systems." In Sung-nyong Lee, ed. Korean Studies Today: Development and State of the Field. Seoul: Institute of Asian Studies, Seoul National University, 1970.

Ch'oe, Yong-ho. "History: The Yi (Choson) Dynasty before 1876." In Han-Kyo Kim, ed. Studies on Korea: A Scholar's Guide. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1980.

Ch'oe, Yong-ho. "Private Academies and the State in Late Choson Korea." In JaHyun Kim Haboush and Martina Deuchler, eds. Culture and the State in Late Choson Korea. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 1999.

Chun, Pong-Dok. "The System of Royal Secret Inspectors." In International Cultural Foundation, ed. Legal System of Korea. Seoul: The Si-sa-yong-o-sa Publishers, Inc., 1982.

Chung, Man-jo. "The Political Program of the Sallim Faction (Sandang) in the Mid-Seventeenth Century." In Dae-Sook Suh, ed. Korean Studies: New Pacific Currents. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994.

Clark, Donald N. "Choson's Founding Fathers: A Study of Merit Subjects in the Early Yi Dynasty." Korean Studies 6 (1982): 17-40.

Deuchler, Martina. "Despoilers of the Way-Insulters of the Sages: Controversies over the Classics in Seventeenth-Century Korea." In JaHyun Kim Haboush and Martina Deuchler, eds. Culture and the State in Late Choson Korea. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 1999.

Duncan, John. "The Social Background to the Founding of the Choson Dynasty: Change or Continuity?" The Journal of Korean Studies 6 (1988-89): 39-79.

Duncan, John. "A Reconsideration of the 'Sarim' of the Choson Dynasty: Cho Nam-myong and the Sarim." Nammyonghak yongu nonch'ong 3 (1995): 535-557.

Duncan, John B. The Origins of the Choson Dynasty. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000.

Haboush, JaHyun Kim. "Confucian Rhetoric and Ritual as Techniques of Political Dominance: Yongjo's Use of the Royal Lecture." The Journal of Korean Studies 5 (1984): 39-62.

Haboush, JaHyun Kim. "The Censorial Voice in Choson Korea: A Tradition of Institutionalized Dissent." Han-guo hsueh-pao 12 (1993) : 11-19.

Haboush, JaHyun Kim. "Academies and Civil Society in Choson Korea." Etudes Thematiques: La Societe Civile Face a l'Etat dans Les Traditions Chinoise, Japonaise, Coreenne et Vietnaiennnes 3 (1994): 383-392.

Haboush, JaHyun Kim. "Constructing the Center: The Ritual Controversy and the Search for a New Identity in Seventeenth-Century Korea." In JaHyun Kim Haboush and Martina Deuchler, eds. Culture and the State in Late Choson Korea. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 1999.

Haboush, JaHyun Kim. “Preface to the Paperback Edition.” In JaHyun Kim Haboush. The Confucian Kingship in Korea: Yongjo and the Politics of Sagacity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.

Haboush, JaHyun Kim. The Confucian Kingship in Korea: Yongjo and the Politics of Sagacity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.

Han, Sang-kwon. "The Development of the Petition System in the Age of Choson." Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 11 (1998): 107-125.

Han, Sang-kwon. "Social Problems and the Active Use of Petitions during the Reign of King Chongjo." Korea Journal 40:4 (Winter 2000): 227-246.

Han, U-gun. "Nature of Confucian Politics in Recent Times." Social Science Journal 4 (1976-1977): 16-38.

Han, Ugun. “Nature of Confucian Politics in Recent Time in Korea.” In Han Ugun. Han Ugun chonjip 2: Choson shidae ui chongch’i wa sahoe. Seoul: Hanguk haksul chongbu, 2001.

Han, Yeong-u. “Jeong Do-jeon’s Philosophy of Political Reform.” In Korean National Commission for UNESCO, ed. Korean Philosophy: Its Tradition and Modern Transformation. Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym, 2004.

Hejtmanek, Milan. "Chiphyonjon." In Young-Key Kim-Renaud, ed. King Sejong the Great: The Light of 15th Century Korea. Washington, D.C.: International Circle of Korean Linguistics, 1992.

Hejtmanek, Milan. "Chiphyonjon." In Kim Yonggi, ed. Sejong taewang: 15 segi Hanguk ui pich. Seoul: Shingu munhwasa, 1998.

Henderson, Gregory. "Korea's Traditional Military: Old Territory; New Hypotheses." Korean Journal of International Studies 17:3 (Summer 1986): 71-93.

Hong, Soon-Min. “ Seoul and Court Culture.” In Seoul Museum of History. Seoul: Seoul Museum of History, 2002.

Hong, Soon-min. “Transformation of the Choson Dynasty Palaces and the Kyonghui Palace.” Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 10 (1997): 125-148.

Jung, Ok-ja. "New Approaches to the History of Ideas in the Late Choson Period." Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 5 (December 1992): 155-170.

Kang, Pyung-kun. "Sub-Bureaucracy and Community Structure of Yi Dynasty: Their Implications to the Socio-Economic Development of Pre-Modern Society." (Yonse taehakkyo sahoe kwahak yonguso) Sahoe kwahak nonjip 2 (1968): 160-189.

Kang, Pyung-kun. "Sub-Bureaucracy and Community Structure of the Yi Dynasty: Their Implications in the Socio-Economic Development of Pre-Modern Society." Korea Observer 2:1 (October 1969): 68-83.

Kawashima, Fujiya. "The Local Yangban in Andong: Village Bureau Heads and Their Deputies in Late Choson Dynasty Korea." In Hangukhak ui kwaje wa chonmang: Che-5 hoe kukche haksul hoeui segye Hangukhak taehoe nonmunjip I (Kijo yonsol - yoksa - omun p'yon): Korean Studies, Its Tasks and Perspectives I: Papers of the 5th International Conference on Korean Studies. Songnam: Hanguk chongshin munhwa yonguwon, 1988.

Kawashima, Fujiya. "A Scholar of the Mountain-Grove (Sallim) in the Eighteenth Century Korean Society and State: A Case of Pak P'il-ju (1680-1748)." Tongbang hakchi 66 (1990:6): 135-178.

Kim, Bun Woong. "Korean Bureaucracy in Historical Perspective." Kungmin taehak nonmunjip 10 (1977:3): 65-86.

Kim, Bun Woong. "Korean Bureaucracy in Historical Perspective." In Bun Woong Kim and Wha Joon Rho, eds. Korean Public Bureaucracy: Readings. Seoul: Kyobo Publishers, 1982.

Kim, Ch’onsong. “A Study for the Stately Worship Rituals to Sajik, or the Gods of Earth and Crops at Sajikdan or their Altars in Goryeo and Joseon Dynasties.” (Kyonghui taehakkyo minsok yonguso) Hanguk munhwa yongu 7 (2003:12): 105-132.

Kim, Dong Uk. "The City and Architecture of Seoul During the Late Choson Period." Korea Journal 34:3 (Autumn 1994): 54-68.

Kim, Han-Kyo. "Intra-Elite Conflict in Traditional Korea: A Preliminary Inquiry." In Political Conflicts in Korea. Seoul: Graduate School of Policy Studies, Korea University, 1988.

Kim, Kwang-ok. "A Study on the Political Manipulation of Elite Culture: Confucian Culture in Local Level Politics." In Hangukhak ui kwaje wa chonmang: Che-5 hoe kukche haksul hoeui segye Hangukhak taehoe nonmunjip (Yesul - sasang - sahoe p'yon): Korean Studies, Its Tasks and Perspectives II: Papers of the 5th International Conference on Korean Studies. Songnam: Hanguk chongshin munhwa yonguwon, 1988.

Kim, Sung Moon. “Between Confucian Ideology and the State: A New Approach to Understanding the Literati Purge of 1519.” The Review of Korean Studies 5:2 (December 2002): 233-260.

Kim, Sung-Yun. "Tangpyeong and Hwaseong: The Theory and Practice of Jeongjo's Politics and Hwaseong." Korea Journal 41:1 (Spring 2001): 137-165.

Kim, Taik-kyoo. "Civil and Military Administration: Government Structure in Pre-Modern Korea." Senri Ethnological Studies 25 (1989): 87-110.

Kim-Renaud, Young-Key, ed. King Sejong the Great: The Light of Fifteenth Century Korea. Washington, D.C.: The International Circle of Korean Linguistics, 1992.

Ko, Dong-hwan. "The Characteristics of the Urban Development of Seoul during the Late Choson Dynasty: With a Focus on the Changes in Urban Structure." Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 10 (1997): 95-123.

Koh, Byong-ik. "Confucian Ideology and Political Equilibrium in East Asia." Social Science Journal 4 (1976-1977): 7-15.

Kurasawa, Susumu. "A Comparative Study on the Urban History of Three Historical Asian Cities (Seoul, Tokyo, Peking) Before Modernization." Soulhak yongu 4 (1995:2): 59-75.

Kwon, Tai-Hwan. "Understanding the Tradition of Seoul: Research Approaches and Agenda." Soulhak yongu 4 (1995:2): 169-186.

Kwon, Yon-Ung. "The Royal Lecture of Early Yi Korea (I), (II)." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 50 (December 1979): 55-107; 51 (June 1980): 55-108.

Kwon, Yon-Ung. "The Royal Lecture and Confucian Politics in Early Yi Korea." Korean Studies 6 (1982): 41-62.

Kwon, Yon-Ung. "Seoul: Founding the New Capital." Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 68 (1993): 1-10.

Lankov, Andrei. "Controversy over Ritual in 17th Century Korea." Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 3 (December 1990): 49-64.

Ledyard, Gari. "Biographical Notes on Huang Tsan." Asea yongu 8:1 (1965:3): 129-135.

Lee, Duk Hee. "The Origin and Growth of Urbanization in Korea." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 25 (December 1966): 48-58.

Lee, Hyoun-jong. "Legitimacy in Korean History." East Asian Review 3:1 (Spring 1976): 58-72.

Lee, Song Mu. “The Gwageo Examination System during the Goryeo and Early Joseon Periods.” In Korean National Commission for UNESCO, ed. Korean History: Discovery of Its Characteristics and Developments. Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym, 2004.

Lee, Uk. "Trends and Characteristics of the Maritime Product Taxation Collection Policy in the Mid & Late 17th Century."  International Journal of Korean History 4 (August 2003): 125-166.

Lee, Woo-sung. "Confucian Politics in Choson Period and the Existence of Sallim." Korea Journal 23:4 (April 1983): 39-46.

Lee, Woo Sung. “Confucian Politics and the Sallim Scholars during the Joseon Period.” In Korean National Commission for UNESCO, ed. Korean History: Discovery of Its Characteristics and Developments. Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym, 2004.

Li, Wen-yan. "Modernization Process in Historical Asian Cities and Their Characteristics: A Comparative Study on Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing." Soulhak yongu 4 (1995:2): 99-116.

Nugent, John. "The Postal System of Dynastic Korea." Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 51 (1976): 56-64.

Oh, Hang Nyong. "New Vision of Governance by History in Early Choson Dynasty." Korean Social Science Journal 26:1 (1999): 163-187.

Pak, Tong-so. "Bureaucracy in Traditional Korean Society." In Introduction to Korean Studies. Seoul: The National Academy of Sciences, 1986.

Palais, James B. "Political Leadership in the Yi Dynasty." In Dae-sook Suh and Chae-jin Lee, eds. Political Leadership in Korea. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1976.

Palais, James B. "Confucianism and the Aristocratic/Bureaucratic Balance in Korea." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 44:2 (December 1984): 427-468.

Palais, James B. "Political Leadership and the Yangban in the Choson Dynasty." Etudes Thematiques: La Societe Civile face a l'Etat dans Les Traditions Chinoise, Japonaise, Coreenne et Vietnaiennnes 3 (1994): 391-408.

Palais, James B. Views on Korean Social History. Seoul: Institute for Modern Korean Studies, 1998.

Park, Eugene Y. "Mlitary Examination Graduates in Early Choson: Their Social Status in the Fifteenth Century." The Review of Korean Studies 3:1 (July 2000): 123-156.

Park, Eugene Y. "Military Examination Graduates in Sixteenth-Century Korea: Political Upheaval, Social Change, and Security Crisis." Journal of Asian History 35:1 (2001): 1-57.

Park, Eugene Y. “Military Examinations in Late Choson: Elite Substratification and Non-Elite Accommodation.” Korean Studies 25:1 (2001): 1-50.

Park, Seong-rae. "Portentology in Korea." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 46 (December 1977): 53-71.

Park, Seong-rae. "Portents in Korean History." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 47 (June 1978): 31-92.

Park, Seong-rae. "Birth of Neo-Confucian Portentism in Early Yi Korea." Korea Journal 18:7 (July 1978): 4-14.

Park, Seong-rae. "Rise of Confucian Portentology in Korea." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 48 (December 1978): 1-45.

Park, Seong-rae. "Portents and Neo-Confucian Politics in Korea, 1392-1519." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 49 (June 1979): 53-117.

Park, Seong-rae. "Portents and Politics in Early Choson Dynasty." Hanguk kwahaksa hakhoeji 4:1 (1982:12): 104-107.

Park, Seong-rae. Portents and Politics in Korean Politics. Seoul: Jimoondang Publishing Co., 1998.

Park, WonKyu, YoJung Kim, Jin-Ho Lee, and Jeong-Wook Seo. “Development of Tree-Ring Chronologies of Pinus densiflora from Mt. Sorak and Dating the Year of Construction of the Kyunghoe-ru Pavilion in Seoul.” Journal of the Korean Physical Society 39:4 (October 2001): 790-795.

Peterson, Mark. "The Sejong Sillok." In Young-Key Kim-Renaud, ed. King Sejong the Great: The Light of 15th Century Korea. Washington, D.C.: International Circle of Korean Linguistics, 1992.

Peterson, Mark. "The Sejong Sillok." In Kim Yonggi, ed. Sejong taewang: 15 segi Hanguk ui pich. Seoul: Shingu munhwasa, 1998.

Pratt, Andrew. “Change and Continuity in Choson Military Techniques during the Later Choson Period.” Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies 7 (2000): 31-48.

Roh, Young-koo. "The Construction and Characteristics of Hwaseong Fortress in the Era of King Jeongjo." Korea Journal 41:1 (Spring 2001): 166-212.

Quinones, C. Kenneth. "Military Officials of Yi Korea: 1864-1910." In Che-1 hoe Hangukhak kukche haksul hoeui nonmunjip: Papers of the 1st International Conference on Korean Studies. Songnam: Hanguk chongshin munhwa yonguwon, 1980.

Setton, Mark. "Confucianism and Politics in the Late Choson." In James Huntley Grayson, ed. Koreana: Ten Years of Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield. Sheffield: School of East Asian Studies, 1991.

Setton, Mark. "Factional Politics and Philosophical Development in the Late Choson." The Journal of Korean Studies 8 (1992): 37-79.

Shin, Yong-Ha. Essays in Korean Social History. Seoul: Jisik-sanop Publications Co., 2003.

Sim, Jae-woo. “Geom-an and Korean Society before and after the Twentieth Century.” The Review of Korean Studies 7:1 (March 2004): 207-218.

Sohn, Jae Souk. "Civil-Military Relations in Korea: A Historical Survey." Hanguk chongch'i hakhoebo 5 (1971:12): 165-175.

Sohn, Pokee. Social History of the Early Choson Dynasty: The Functional Aspects of Governmental Structure. Seoul: Jisik-sanup Publications, Co., 2000.

Sohn, Pow-key. "Power versus Status: The Role of Ideology During the Early Yi Dynasty." Tongbang hakchi 10 (1969): 209-253.

Sohn, Pow-key. "The Concept of History as Seen by Korean Yangban." Korea Journal 17:9 (September 1977): 4-17.

Song, Chan-sup. “The Development of the Chinju Peasants’ Rebellion of 1862.” International Journal of Korean History 3 (2002): 123-178.

Song, Ki-Joong. "The Study of Foreign Languages in the Yi Dynasty (1392-1910)." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 54 (December 1981): 1-46.

Song, Ki-Joong. "The Study of Foreign Languages in the Yi Dynasty (1392-1910): Part Two, Books for the Study of Foreign Languages (1), (2)." Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 55 (June 1982): 1-63; 56 (December 1982): 1-57.

Song, Ki-joong. The Study of Foreign Languages in the Choson Dynasty. Seoul: Jimoondang, 2000.

Song, Young-bae. "'Relativism' and Iconoclasm in the Late Choson Dynasty: Hong Tae-yong's Argument for Reform." Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 7 (December 1994): 71-97.

Whitmore, John K. "Merit Subjects: China, Korea, Vietnam." Ming Studies 9 (Fall 1979): 42-51.

Yang, Tai-zin. "On the System of Beacons in Korea." Korea Journal 11:7 (July 1971): 34-35.

Yi, Song-mu. "Kwago System and Its Characteristics: Centering on the Koryo and Early Choson Periods." Korea Journal 21:7 (July 1981): 4-19.

Yi, Song-mu. "On the Causes of Factional Strife in Late Choson." In Dae-Sook Suh, ed. Korean Studies: New Pacific Currents. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994.

Yi, Tae-jin. "The Nature of Seoul's Modern Urban Development During the 18th and 19th Centuries." Korea Journal 35:3 (Autumn 1995): 5-30.

Yi, Tae-Jin. "King Chongjo: Confucianism, Enlightenment, and Absolute Rule." Korea Journal 40:4 (Winter 2000): 168-201.

Yoo, Bong-hack. "Yonam Circle and the Political Situation of the In-Law Government in the Early 19th Century." Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 3 (December 1990): 65-82.

 

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