Ginseng and Borderland

Ginseng and Borderland explores the territorial boundaries and political relations between Qing China and Chosŏn Korea during the period from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. By examining a unique body of materials written in Chinese, Manchu, and Korean, and building on recen...

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Main Author: Kim, Seonmin (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: University of California Press 2017
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