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From Religious Conversion to Political Revolution: Women's Christian Missions in Colonial Korea
How did Protestant female missionaries influence women’s political participation in colonial Korea? Under Joseon Confucian norms, …
Cheongyeon Won
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Conquering Korea for Jesus: Protestant Missionaries, Local Churches, and Literacy in Colonial Korea
We study the effect of Protestantism on human capital acquisition using novel data on 234 counties and 2,478 towns in the Korean …
Cheongyeon Won, Sascha O. Becker
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Jesus speaks Korean: Christianity and Literacy in Colonial Korea
In the mid 19th century, pre-colonial Korea under the Joseon dynasty was increasingly isolated and lagging behind in its economic …
Cheongyeon Won, Sascha O. Becker
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