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The first book to explore the institutional, ideological, and conceptual development of the modern state on the peninsula, Rationalizing Korea 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.

Public administration --- K9300.60 --- K9300.70 --- K9161 --- K9170 --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Korea: Social sciences -- social and cultural history -- modern period (1860s-[1945]), 20th century general. --- Korea: Social sciences -- social and cultural history -- Japanese annexation period (1905-1945) --- Korea: History -- Western intervention and opening of Korea (1860s-1910) --- Korea: History -- Japanese annexation period (1905-1945) --- Korea --- Politics and government --- Social policy --- HISTORY / Asia / Korea. --- Korea: Social sciences -- social and cultural history -- modern period (1860s-[1945]), 20th century general --- Public administration - Korea. --- asian political science. --- asian studies. --- colonial korea. --- confucian statecraft. --- confucianism in korea. --- development in korea. --- disease control korea. --- east asia. --- economic development korea. --- education in korea. --- imperialism in korea. --- korean colonialism. --- korean government. --- korean nationalism. --- korean politics. --- korean public schools. --- modern korea. --- population and registration in korea. --- public health korea. --- religion korea. --- secularization korea. --- state development korea.

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This open access book examines the depiction of Korean history in recent South Korean historical films. Released over the Hallyu (“Korean Wave”) period starting in the mid-1990s, these films have reflected, shaped, and extended the thriving public discourse over national history. In these works, the balance between fate and freedom—the negotiation between societal constraints and individual will, as well as cyclical and linear history—functions as a central theme, subtext, or plot device for illuminating a rich variety of historical events, figures, and issues. In sum, these highly accomplished films set in Korea’s past address universal concerns about the relationship between structure and agency, whether in collective identity or in individual lives. Written in an engaging and accessible style by an established historian, Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films offers a distinctive perspective on understanding and appreciating Korean history and culture. Kyung Moon Hwang is Korea Foundation Professor at the Australian National University, Canberra. He is the author of A History of Korea (Third Edition, 2021), Past Forward: Essays in Korean History (2019), Rationalizing Korea: The Rise of the Modern State (2015), and Beyond Birth: Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea (2004).

Motion pictures --- History, Modern. --- Asian Film and TV. --- Modern History. --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- World history --- Asia.

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Korea --- Korea --- Civilization. --- History.

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