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Min Yong-hwan - A Political Biography (Hardcover)
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Min Yong-hwan - A Political Biography (Hardcover)
Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea
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The closing years of the Choson dynasty have received considerable
attention from historians of Korea. Nevertheless, surprisingly few
biographical studies have been written on the major Korean
political figures of that time. The diplomat and scholar-official
Min Yong-hwan (1861-1905), described by one contemporary Western
observer as ""undoubtably the first Korean after the emperor,"" is
considered to be the foremost patriot of Korea's Taehan era
(1897-1910). This pioneering study of Min Yong-hwan is long overdue
and provides us with a new perspective on a period of Korean
history that still casts its shadow over the region today. Unlike
many of his contemporaries, Min left behind a substantial
collection of written works, including political essays and travel
diaries. Based on these important documents and other primary
source materials from Korea and the West, Michael Finch's study
traces Min's life and political development from 1861 to 1905. It
contributes substantially to our understanding of this period by
looking beyond the established view of Korea as being polarized
between reformists and reactionaries in the late Choson era. In
doing so, it provides us with deeper insight into the full range of
responses of the late Choson leadership to the dual challenges of
internal stagnation and external intervention at the juncture of
the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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