[KS] Book Publication Announcement: The Diary of 1636: The Second Manchu Invasion of Korea (Columbia University Press)

[George L Kallander]

Dear Colleagues:



Please forgive me for the self-promotion, but I would like to announce the publication of my new book:

The Diary of 1636: The Second Manchu Invasion of Korea (Columbia University Press, 4 August 2020).

CUP has asked me to pass along some information, including a promo code CUP20 for a 20% discount.





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“Early in the seventeenth century, Northeast Asian politics hung in a delicate balance among the Chosŏn dynasty in Korea, the Ming in China, and the Manchu. When a Chosŏn faction realigned Korea with the Ming, the Manchu attacked in 1627 and again a decade later, shattering the Chosŏn-Ming alliance and forcing Korea to support the newly founded Qing dynasty.

The Korean scholar-official Na Man’gap (1592–1642) recorded the second Manchu invasion in his Diary of 1636, the only first-person account chronicling the dramatic Korean resistance to the attack. Partly composed as a narrative of quotidian events during the siege of Namhan Mountain Fortress, where Na sought refuge with the king and other officials, the diary recounts Korean opposition to Manchu and Mongol forces and the eventual surrender. Na describes military campaigns along the northern and western regions of the country, the capture of the royal family, and the Manchu treatment of prisoners, offering insights into debates about Confucian loyalty and the conduct of women that took place in the war’s aftermath. His work sheds light on such issues as Confucian statecraft, military decision making, and ethnic interpretations of identity in the seventeenth century. Translated from literary Chinese into English for the first time, the diary illuminates a traumatic moment for early modern Korean politics and society. George Kallander’s critical introduction and extensive annotations place The Diary of 1636 in its historical, political, and military context, highlighting the importance of this text for students and scholars of Chinese and East Asian as well as Korean history.”

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-diary-of-1636/9780231197571







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Thank you and I hope you are all well,

George Kallander
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Associate Professor of History
Director, East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute
Graduate Director, Department of History
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

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