HIST-281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hermit Kingdom, Yangban, Unequal Treaty
22 Oct 2018
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Imperialist pressures from western nations as well as china and japan: more westerns who seek more from korea and are persistent to expand their presence. Korea"s place within east asia and its path to modernization. Historical close ties with china has disappeared with the decline of chinese power and. Korea should move away from the chinese style of education and the confucianism classes: no clear pattern emerges as they get stuck within the usual cycle until they"re ultimately forced to choose if they will modernize. Western powers: failure of american and french naval invasions. China: korea"s policy of isolation results in hermit kingdom: korea as tributary state of qing china. Japan: opened korea to international relations in 1876: unequal treaties with western nations led to increased interaction with foreigners. Diplomatic connections to china as well as trade and tribute continued.
