{"product_id":"rationalizing-korea-kyung-moon-hwang-9780520288324","title":"Rationalizing Korea: The Rise of the Modern State, 1894-1945","description":"The first book to explore the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula, \u003ci\u003eRationalizing Korea\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the state's relationship to five social sectors, each through a distinctive interpretive theme: economy (developmentalism), religion (secularization), education (public schooling), population (registration), and public health (disease control). Kyung Moon Hwang argues that while this formative process resulted in a more commanding and systematic state, it was also highly fragmented, socially embedded, and driven by competing, often conflicting rationalizations, including those of Confucian statecraft and legitimation. Such outcomes reflected the acute experience of imperialism, nationalism, colonialism, and other sweeping forces of the era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kyung Moon Hwang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520288327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520288324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Kyung Moon Hwang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980992676095,"sku":"9780520288324","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c352b06-b6ac-4f71-bf04-f7325919aea7.jpg?v=1683253069","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rationalizing-korea-kyung-moon-hwang-9780520288324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}