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The Resource King Chongjo : an enlightened despot in early modern Korea, Christopher Lovins

King Chongjo : an enlightened despot in early modern Korea, Christopher Lovins

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King Chongjo : an enlightened despot in early modern Korea
Title
King Chongjo
Title remainder
an enlightened despot in early modern Korea
Statement of responsibility
Christopher Lovins
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Author
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Were the countries of Europe the only ones that were "early modern"? Was Asia's early modernity cut short by colonialism? Scholars examining early modern Eurasia have not yet fully explored the relationships between absolute rule and political modernization in the highly contested early modern world. Using a comparative perspective that places Chŏngjo, king of Korea from 1776 to 1800, in context with other Korean kings and with contemporary Chinese and European rulers, Christopher Lovins examines the shifting balance of power in Korea in favor of the crown at the expense of the aristocracy during the early modern period. Lovins is the first in English-language scholarship to analyze the recently discovered collection of 297 private letters written by Chŏngjo himself. These letters were undoubtedly a vital channel of communication outside of official court historians' scrutiny, since private meetings between the king and his ministers were forbidden by custom. Royal politics played out in an arena of subtle communication, with court officials trying to read the king's unstated, elliptically hinted at intentions and the king trying to suggest what he wanted done while maintaining plausible deniability. Through close analysis of both official records and private letters, including Chŏngjo's "secret letters," Lovins shows that, in contrast to previous assumptions, the late eighteenth-century Korean monarchs were not weak and ineffective but instead in the process of building an absolutist polity."--Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1980-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Lovins, Christopher
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Chŏngjo
  • Chŏngjo
  • Chŏngjo
  • Despotism
  • Korea
  • Korea
  • Despotism
  • Politics and government
  • Korea
Label
King Chongjo : an enlightened despot in early modern Korea, Christopher Lovins
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Early modernity and absolutism -- Politics in early modern Korea -- The politics of Confucianism -- Power and factions -- Building a system -- Military matters -- Chongjo in an early modern world -- Conclusion
Control code
1035806750
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxiv, 222 pages
Isbn
9781438473635
Lccn
2018021867
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1035806750
Label
King Chongjo : an enlightened despot in early modern Korea, Christopher Lovins
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Early modernity and absolutism -- Politics in early modern Korea -- The politics of Confucianism -- Power and factions -- Building a system -- Military matters -- Chongjo in an early modern world -- Conclusion
Control code
1035806750
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxiv, 222 pages
Isbn
9781438473635
Lccn
2018021867
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1035806750

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