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The Origins of the Choson Dynasty by John B. Duncan (Hardcover, 2000)

Scholars have long held that Korea's Choson dynasty (1392-1910) was established by a new socio-economic class of scholar-officials of local-landlord origins who overthrew the capital-based aristocracy of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392). This book refutes that view, showing that a key feature of the dynasty transition was continuity in the structure and composition of the central ruling class and arguing that the main force behind the establishment of the Choson was the need to revamp institutions to protect aristocratic interests. The change of dynasties thus was less a revolution than a culmination of a centuries-old effort to create a centralised bureaucratic polity. Drawing on a wealth of data compiled from primary sources and presented here in 26 tables and 10 genealogical charts, this book provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of the central officialdom of the Koryo-Choson transition and offers a new interpretation of the history of traditional Korea.

Title_Author
John B. Duncan
Series Title
Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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