EAST 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ganghwado, Reform Government Of New Zealand, World-Systems Theory
5 Feb 2018
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East asian- lecture 3: government exams based on confucian texts. The conservatism of choson social organization leads to conditions of later instability. The vested interests of choson elites contributes to the government"s inability to adapt to changing geopolitical conditions. Offer a glimpse of the world-view and concerns of choson koreans. No official state engagement outside of immediate neighbors until 1876. Limited contact from outside east asia: sailors, missionaries, texts from these sources- translated into chinese. Universalism, against the notion of innate social hierarchies. Japan opened to trade and diplomacy with the west in 1854. Korea forced to open by japan in 1876 kanghwa treaty- called for special trading rights and privileges not reciprocated by japan to korea. Rivalry over korean trade leads to 2 wars- japan &china (sino-japanese war. End of choson dynasty- korea and the modern world system. International forces: rivalry of korea"s neighbors and western powers: crisis of sovereignty.
