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Beyond Birth : Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea /

Hwang, Kyung Moon,

Beyond Birth : Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea / Social Status in the Emergence of Modern Korea Kyung Moon Hwang. - 1 online resource. - Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 243 Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077 . - Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 243. Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077. .

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Birth and Bureaucracy: Social Stratification in the Chosŏn Era -- Opening the Ranks: Appointment to the Bureaucratic Elite, 1880-1930 -- The Chungin -- The Hyangni -- The Sŏŏl -- The Northerners -- The Muban -- Secondary Status Groups and Korean Modernity -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Character List -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.

9781684174072 9780674016569

10.1163/9781684174072 DOI


Bureaucracy--History.--Korea
Social structure--History.--Korea

DS913.2

305.5/12