Hwaseong: King Jeongjo's new city. The Silhak vision. Evolving farms and markets. Popular culture flourishes. Love and marriage in Joseon. Kim Jeongho and 'Daedong yeojido'. The peasants rise up. Seohak and Donghak. Isolation or enlightenment? Korea at the crossroads. Opening the doors. 'A new world, for three days': the Gapsin Coup. Jeon Bongjun and the Donghak Peasant Revolution. The death of Empress Myeongseong. Treaty ports usher in the winds of change. (Index and sources.)
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Hwaseong: King Jeongjo's new city. The Silhak vision. Evolving farms and markets. Popular culture flourishes. Love and marriage in Joseon. Kim Jeongho and 'Daedong yeojido'. The peasants rise up. Seohak and Donghak. Isolation or enlightenment? Korea at the crossroads. Opening the doors. 'A new world, for three days': the Gapsin Coup. Jeon Bongjun and the Donghak Peasant Revolution. The death of Empress Myeongseong. Treaty ports usher in the winds of change. (Index and sources.)