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Beyond birth : social status in the emergence of modern Korea /

"The social structure of contemporary Korea contains strong echoes of the hierarchical principle governing stratification in the Choson dynasty (1392-1910): namely, the overriding place of status, as determined by birth and enhanced by one's position in the bureaucracy. At the beginning of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hwang, Kyung Moon (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, ©2004.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 243.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Birth and bureaucracy
  • 2. Opening the ranks: bureaucratic appointment Patterns, 1880-1930
  • 3. The chungin
  • 4. The hyangni
  • 5. The sool
  • 6. The Northerners
  • 7. The muban.