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Everyday life in Joseon-era Korea : economy and society / The Organization of Korean Historians, Seoul ; edited and translated by Michael D. Shin ; co-translated by Edward Park.
Penn Museum Library DS904 .E94 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Han'guk Yŏksa Yŏn'guhoe, author.
- Language:
- English
- Korean
- Subjects (All):
- Korea--Social life and customs.
- Korea.
- Manners and customs.
- Korea--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Korea--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 296 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Brill, 2014.
- Contents:
- List of contributors
- List of illustrations and maps
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Note on romanization
- The intimate past: an introduction to the Joseon period / Michael D. Shin
- Economy
- Farming in the Joseon period / Kim Kuentae
- A typical day and year in the life of the peasantry / Yeom Jeong Sup
- The tax burden of the peasantry / Kim Sung Woo
- Currency and the value of money / Lee Hun-Chang
- The merchants of Seoul / Lee Uk
- The joys and sorrows of the itinerant merchants / Yoo Pil Jo
- Foreign trade and interpreter officials / Kim Kyung-ran
- Salt : white gold / Kim Eui-Hwan
- Seeking work at mines / Oh Soo-chang
- When did Joseon's population reach ten million? / Ko Dong-Hwan
- Society
- Rural society and Zhu Xi's community compact / Kwon Nae-Hyun
- Why did peasants create the dure? / Lee Hae Jun
- Fake genealogies exist? / Jung Jin Young
- The Baekjeong class / Kwon Ki-jung
- The rebellion of Im Ggeokjeong / Han Sang Kwon
- People divorce in the Joseon period? / Kwon Soon-Hyung
- The educational system / Jang Dong-Pyo
- Military life / Seo Tae-Won
- The penal system / Sim Jae-woo
- Eating culture / Chung Yeon-sik
- Liquor and taverns / Chung Yeon-sik
- Tea and tobacco / O Jong-rok
- The outhouses of the royal palaces / Hong Soon Min
- About the authors
- Appendix : monarchs of the Joseon period
- Glossary
- Index.
- Notes:
- Translated from Korean.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9004261125
- 9789004261129
- OCLC:
- 865493516
- Publisher Number:
- 99957529047
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