A Korean scholar's rude awakening in Qing China : Pak Chega's discourse on northern learning /

Two years after Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations was published in 1776, Pak Chega's (1750-1805) Discourse on Northern Learning appeared on the opposite corner of the globe. Both books presented notions of wealth and the economy for critical review: the former caused a stir across Europe, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pak, Che-ga, 1750-1815 (Author)
Other Authors: Choi, Byonghyon, 1950- (Translator), Kye, Seung B. (Translator), Atkinson, Timothy V. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Korean
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2019]
Series:Korean classics library. Historical materials.
Subjects:
1392-1910
HISTORY > Asia > China.
HISTORY > Asia > Korea.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
Travel.
China > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
China > Social life and customs > 18th century > Early works to 1800.
China > Social conditions > 18th century > Early works to 1800.
Korea > Social conditions > 1392-1910 > Early works to 1800.
Chine > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Chine > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Corée > Conditions sociales > 1392-1910 > Ouvrages avant 1800.
China.
Korea.
Early works.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on the Translation; I. Translators' Introduction; Translators' Introduction; II. Translation; A Discourse on Northern Learning; Author's Preface; Preface by Pak Chiwŏn; Preface by Sŏ Myŏngŭng; Inner Chapters; Outer Chapters; Memorial of 1786; A Discourse on Northern Learning Presented to His Majesty in Response to a Royal Decree (1798); Appendix; The Life of Pak Chega: A Chronology; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Translators; Blank Page

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