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In pursuit of status : the making of South Korea's "new" urban middle class /

In this ethnography of the everyday life of contemporary Korea, Denise Lett argues not only that South Korea's contemporary urban middle class exhibits upper-class characteristics but also that this reflects a culturally inherited disposition on the part of Koreans to seek high status, combined...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lett, Denise Potrzeba, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, (Mass.) : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1998.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 170.
Harvard-Hallym series on Korean studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- From Confucianism to Capitalism -- Occupations and Income -- Family -- Lifestyles -- Education -- Marriage Strategies -- Conclusion -- References -- Guide to Romanizations. 
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