Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins of Protestantism and Tonghak in late Chŏson Korea -- Economic and social change under Japanese colonialism -- A heavenly kingdom on earth: the rise of religious social ideology -- The path to the sacred: Korea as an agrarian paradise -- Spiritualizing the national body: sacred labor, community, and the Danish cooperative system -- Constructing national consciousness: educating and disciplining peasants' minds.

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