The Agricultural History of the Korean Peninsula and East Asia
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Course Introduction
This course aims to understand the unique characteristics of the agricultural history of East Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, and the process of its formation and development. The course also examines the impact of agricultural history in East Asia on society and the state. Departing from the existing research trend of understanding agricultural history from the perspective of one country, this course introduces a wider East Asian perspective. Throughout the course, students will be able to understand how the East Asian region of China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam have formed a single cultural sphere through agriculture. Additionally, this course aims to provide an opportunity to reflect on and critique the Eurocentric perspectives prevalent in the humanities, including Korean studies. In doing so, this lecture will provide an opportunity to move away from the tendency to understand the changes in East Asian societies, including Korea, since the modern era, as being influenced by Western civilization.
Course Structure
This course consists of 10 weeks, and each week’s lecture consists of three to eight videos according to the theme of the lecture each week. After completing the video lessons each week, quizzes are provided to help learners organize and review the course. In the last week (Week 10), discussion topics and quizzes will be presented. Students will be recognized as having completed the course requirements each week upon watching the lecture videos and finishing all learning activities such as quizzes and discussions.
Subtitles
Korean, English, Chinese
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2-1. Misunderstandings about the History of Agriculture in East Asia -
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2-2. Issue of Natural Conditions
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2-3. Climate and Agriculture
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2-4. Difference between Industry and Agriculture
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2-5. Difference between East Asian and European Agriculture
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2-6. Issue of Field Farming and Paddy Farming
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3-1. Beginning of Chinese Agriculture
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3-2. Development of Agriculture in North China
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3-3. Why Did Not the Agriculture in North China Decline?
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3-4. The Classic East Asian Agricultural Book: Qimin Yaoshu
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3-5. Issue of Fallow Farming and Continuous Cropping.
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3-6. Agriculture in Southern China Before Tang
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4-1. On Delta Development
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4-2. Development of Southern China
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4-3. Paddy Farming in Southern China during the Song Dynasty
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4-4. Development of the Delta during the Ming Dynasty and Intensive Paddy Farming
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4-5. Commercialization of Agriculture during the Qing Dynasty
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4-6. Growth of Smallholders
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4-7. Economic Zone Formed in Mountainous Regions and Overdevelopment
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4-8. Why Did not the Agricultural Revolution Take Place in China?
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5-1. Current State and Problems of the Agricultural History of the Korean Peninsula
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5-2. Nongsa jikseol, an Agricultural Book from the Early Joseon Period
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5-3. Rice Paddy Farming Technology Described in Nongsa jikseol
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5-4. Field Farming Technology Described in Nongsa jikseol
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5-5. Level of Agricultural Technologies Described in Nongsa jikseol
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5-6. Agricultural Practices and Nongsa jikseol
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7-1. Ancient Agriculture in Japan
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7-2. Dissolution of the Yulryeong State System and the Separation of Political Power
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7-3. New Discoveries in the 14th and 16th centuries
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7-4. Japan’s Great Development Period in the 16th and 17th centuries
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7-5. Establishment of Intensive Agriculture
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7-6. Spread of Small-Scale Farming
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9-1. Society of Smallholders in East Asia
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9-2. Disintegration of Privileged Land Ownership
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9-3. State's Establishment of Centralized Control Over Land
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9-4. Bureaucratic Government Based on the Establishment of the Civil-Service Examination System
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9-5. Establishment of Neo-Confucianism as a National Ideology
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9-6. Disintegration of the Class System
Hiroshi Miyajima
Hiroshi Miyajima was born in Osaka, Japan in 1948. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University and earned an MA and a PhD in Oriental History from the same university. He has been a full-time lecturer at Tokai University, Assistant Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Professor at the Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Professor at the East Asian Academy of Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University since 2002, and Professor Emeritus at University of Tokyo since 2010. His research focuses on economic history, social history, and intellectual history of Joseon Korea. He aims to facilitate communication between Korean and foreign academic circles by understanding the characteristics of Korean history from an East Asian perspective.
