평안도지역의 근대적 변화와 국사교과서 서술내용 개선방안 = Modern changes that happened inside the Pyeongan-do province, and Enhancement plans for the contents of the National History textbooks

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Since the ending days of the Daehan Empire and through the Japanese occupation period, the Pyeongan-do province had been the central area of the Korean Protestant church, with the Presbyterian church in full action. Pyeongan-do region had also been the battle field for the Qing-Japan war and the Russia-Japan war, and that kind of regional events enabled the Protestant church to expand its influence throughout the area in a rather fierce fashion, because the public scarred by the warfare tended to hope mercy, guidance and salvation from religious leaders. But it seems that actually a more fundamental reason, no other than the regional characteristics of the Pyeongan-do province, engineered the explosive expansion of the Protestant church inside the Pyeongan-do region after all. Pyeongan-do province had been a rather estranged, neglected region during the latter half period of the Joseon dynasty, and as a result, certain level of local order which had been prevailing throughout the Korean peninsula during the Joseon dynasty period. and devised and favored by the Yangban Sajok/士族 figures. was not that well established in this region.
At the time, the economy based upon commercial goods and currency was being upgraded and revamped due to the developments that were continuing inside the areas of commerce and handicraft businesses. Such developments were encouraged by the ever-increasing trades and transactions with the Chinese Qing dynasty. The active economy enabled new figures in commercial & industrial businesses to accumulate a considerable amount of economic power. But they also became targets of the government’s taxation and also the illegal exploitation of the local prefects. As we can see from the insurrection of Hong Gyeong Rae(洪景來亂) which happened in the 19th century, the population of the Pyeongan-do province was showing a rather anti-governmental attitude, and it was entirely possible for them to passionately dream for a new social order based upon the capabilities of the new figures in commercial businesses. This kind of environment was what made the Pyeongan-do region the perfect base for the Protestant church and also the Cheondo-gyo religious order in the modern days of Korea. Those two religious orders were very different from one another (as one from overseas, and one developed inside), but they had something in common as well, as their thoughts were based upon their faiths in social equality and civilized enlightenment, and they also aspired to establish a modern capitalist social structure which would be very different from the Neo-Confucian social order of the Joseon dynasty.
The Protestant church had a tremendous influence upon the formation of the modern elites inside the Pyeongan-do area, by opening private schools delivering the teaching of the Protestant church. Unlike any other regions inside the Korean peninsula, the Pyeongan-do province showed the highest percentage of Protestant-based schools in all levels, from elementary to middle and to high schools. With the support of the missionaries, highly educated graduates of those Protestant schools had the opportunity to visit U.S., where they encountered modern studies and embraced the American values. Compared to the students who went over to Japan, who had majors mostly in laws and politics, the students from the Pyeongan-do province who went over to U.S. showed more various majors including theology, education, or science and engineering. Such choices of majors clearly mirror the students’ (the population’s) inherent and general animosity toward everything governmental, and also their Western modern values which they acquired under the influence of the American missionaries.
Due to the Pyeongan-do province’s distinctive characteristics in terms of religion and education, the region also displayed distinctive actions in the line of National movements. Social figures from the region were well aware of or directly appreciated concepts such a

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 머리말
• 2. 평안도지역의 근대적 변화
• 3. 국사 교과서의 근대 평안도 관련 서술내용과 개선방안
• 4. 맺음말
• (Abstract)