Bridled Tigers: The Military at Korea's Northern Border, 1800-1863 / Alexander Thomas Martin.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Martin, Alexander Thomas, author.

Contributor:

Fei, Siyen, degree supervisor.

University of Pennsylvania. Department of History, degree granting institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian history.

Military history.

History--Penn dissertations.

Penn dissertations--History.

Local Subjects:

Asian history.

Military history.

History--Penn dissertations.

Penn dissertations--History.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Contained In:

Dissertations Abstracts International 81-04A.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania ; Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

The border, in late Choson rhetoric, was an area of pernicious wickedness; living near the border made the people susceptible to corruption and violence. For Choson ministers in the nineteenth century, despite two hundred years of peace, the threat remained. At the same time, the military institutions created to contain it were failing. For much of the late Choson the site of greatest concern was the northern border in P'yongan and Hamgyong provinces, as this area was the site of the largest rebellion and most foreign incursions in the first half of the nineteenth century. This study takes the northern border as the most fruitful area for an inquiry into the Choson dynasty's conceptions of and efforts at border defense. Using government records, reports from local officials, literati writings, and local gazetteers, this study provides a multifaceted image of the border and Choson policies to control it. This study reveals that Choson Korea's concept of border defense prioritized containment over confrontation, and that their policies were successful in managing the border until the arrival of Western imperial powers whose invasions upended Choson leaders' notions of national defense.

Notes:

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-04, Section: A.

Advisors: Fei, Siyen; Committee members: Christopher Atwood; Sun Joo Kim.

Department: History.

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2019.

Local Notes:

School code: 0175

ISBN:

9781687915443

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