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Politics of Public Opinion
Local Councils and People’s Assemblies in Korea, 1567–1894
Series: - Brill's Korean Studies Library, Volume: 9
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Eugene Y. Park’s annotated translation of a long-awaited book by Kim Ingeol introduces Anglophone readers to a path-breaking scholarship on the widening social base of political actors who shaped “public opinion” (kongnon) in early modern Korea. Initially limited to high officials, the articulators of public opinion as the state and elites recognized grew in number to include mid-level civil officials, State Confucian College students, all Confucian literati (yurim), influential commoners who took over local councils (hyanghoe), and the general population. Marshaling evidence from a wealth of documents, Kim presents a compelling case for the indigenous origins of Korean democracy.
Kim Ingeol, Ph.D., Seoul National University, is a Professor Emeritus of Korean History at his alma mater. He has published numerous studies in Korean history, including Chosŏn sidae sahoesa wa Han’guksa insik [Chosŏn social history and understanding Korean history] (Kyŏngin munhwasa, 2017).
Eugene Y. Park, Ph.D., Harvard University, is a Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has published books, book chapters, and articles in Korean history, including Korea: A History (Stanford University Press, 2022).
Eugene Y. Park, Ph.D., Harvard University, is a Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has published books, book chapters, and articles in Korean history, including Korea: A History (Stanford University Press, 2022).
Translator’s Preface
Author’s Preface to the English Edition
Author’s Preface to the Korean Edition
List of Figures
Conventions
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 The Setting: Structure and Evolution
1 Chosŏn Political History and the Politics of Public Opinion
2 The Structure of Public Opinion Politics
3 Local Councils and the Evolution of Public Opinion Politics
2 Conventional Wisdom: Continuity and Break
1 Popular Opinion and the Politics of Public Opinion
2 The Transformation of Politics of Public Opinion
3 Break and Continuity in the Eighteenth Century
3 Changing Characteristics of Eighteenth-Century Local Councils
1 County Public Opinion Divided
2 Increased Government Control and Assemblies of All People (Taesomin hoeŭi)
3 From an Organ of Aristocratic Autonomy to a Tax Advisory Body
4 New Politics of Public Opinion in the Nineteenth Century
1 Directions for Understanding Nineteenth-Century History
2 Forms of Local Councils and Conflicting Methods of Implementing Public Opinion
3 Transformed Local Councils in the Nineteenth Century
5 The Rise of People’s Assemblies
1 People’s Assemblies and Popular Uprisings
2 Popular Opinion and the 1862 People’s Assembly in Sangju, Kyŏngsang
3 The 1862 People’s Assembly in Sŏngju, Kyŏngsang
4 The 1869 Popular Disturbance (Minbyŏn) and the People’s Assembly of Ch’unwŏn District in Kosŏng, Kyŏngsang
5 The Transformation of People’s Assemblies
6 The 1894 Group Petition from Tosŏn District in Kosŏng, Kyŏngsang
Final Thoughts
List of Transliterated Terms
Works Cited
Index
Author’s Preface to the English Edition
Author’s Preface to the Korean Edition
List of Figures
Conventions
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 The Setting: Structure and Evolution
1 Chosŏn Political History and the Politics of Public Opinion
2 The Structure of Public Opinion Politics
3 Local Councils and the Evolution of Public Opinion Politics
2 Conventional Wisdom: Continuity and Break
1 Popular Opinion and the Politics of Public Opinion
2 The Transformation of Politics of Public Opinion
3 Break and Continuity in the Eighteenth Century
3 Changing Characteristics of Eighteenth-Century Local Councils
1 County Public Opinion Divided
2 Increased Government Control and Assemblies of All People (Taesomin hoeŭi)
3 From an Organ of Aristocratic Autonomy to a Tax Advisory Body
4 New Politics of Public Opinion in the Nineteenth Century
1 Directions for Understanding Nineteenth-Century History
2 Forms of Local Councils and Conflicting Methods of Implementing Public Opinion
3 Transformed Local Councils in the Nineteenth Century
5 The Rise of People’s Assemblies
1 People’s Assemblies and Popular Uprisings
2 Popular Opinion and the 1862 People’s Assembly in Sangju, Kyŏngsang
3 The 1862 People’s Assembly in Sŏngju, Kyŏngsang
4 The 1869 Popular Disturbance (Minbyŏn) and the People’s Assembly of Ch’unwŏn District in Kosŏng, Kyŏngsang
5 The Transformation of People’s Assemblies
6 The 1894 Group Petition from Tosŏn District in Kosŏng, Kyŏngsang
Final Thoughts
List of Transliterated Terms
Works Cited
Index
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