Description: JaHyun Kim Haboush offers a compelling counternarrative to Western historiography, which ties Korea's idea of nation to the imported ideologies of modern colonialism. This book instead elevates the formative role of the conflicts that defined the second half of the Chosôn Dynasty.
Review Quotes: Haboush's innovative research shows how Korea emerged as one of the first imagined communities, and one of the most enduring.-- "Foreign Affairs"