Ginseng and Borderland : Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations Between Qing China and Choson Korea, 1636-1912 / / Seonmin Kim.

• VerfasserIn: Kim, Seonmin, 1971-
• Place / Publishing House: Oakland, California : : University of California Press,, [2017].; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 pages) :; illustrations, charts, map; PDF, digital file(s).

"Ginseng and Borderland explores the territorial boundaries and political relations between Qing China and Chosŏn Korea during the period from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. By examining a unique body of materials written in Chinese, Manchu, and Korean, and building on recent studies in New Qing History, Seonmin Kim adds new perspectives to current understandings of the remarkable transformation of the Manchu Qing dynasty (1636-1912) from a tribal state to a universal empire. This book discusses early Manchu history and explores the Qing Empire's policy of controlling Manchuria and Chosŏn Korea. Kim also contributes to the Korean history of the Chosŏn dynasty (1392-1910) by challenging conventional accounts that embrace a China-centered interpretation of the tributary relationship between the two polities, stressing instead the agency of Chosŏn Korea in the formation of the Qing Empire. This study demonstrates how Koreans interpreted and employed this relationship in order to preserve the boundary--and peace--with the suzerain power. By focusing on the historical significance of the China-Korea boundary, this book defines the nature of the Qing Empire through the dynamics of contacts and conflicts under both the cultural and material frameworks of its tributary relationship with Chosŏn Korea"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

From frontier to borderland -- Making the borderland -- Managing the borderland -- Movement of people and money -- From borderland to border.