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Wrongful deaths : selected inquest records from nineteenth-century Korea, compiled and translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim

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Summary
"This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Chosŏn court (1392-1910). Extending the study of this period, usually limited to elites, into the realm of everyday life, each inquest record includes a detailed postmortem examination and features testimony from everyone directly or indirectly related to the incident. The result is an amazingly vivid, colloquial account of the vibrant, multifaceted societal and legal cultures of early modern Korea. Sun Joo Kim is the Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History at Harvard University. Jungwon Kim is assistant professor of Korean history at Columbia University; 'This book provides an extremely rare view into social interactions among people of quite different classes in Chosŏn Korea. Points of interest abound'--Robert E. Hegel, Washington University, St. Louis; 'This is an important contribution that significantly advances our knowledge of nineteenth-century Korean legal history. The translated cases shine by being able to introduce daily struggles of non-elites and illustrate the complex dynamics of the judiciary system during the last century of the Chosŏn dynasty'--Jisoo Kim, George Washington University"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xv, 253 pages
Contents
  • Map of Nineteenth-Century Korea
  • Introduction: Chosŏn Korea in Its Last Century
  • Case 1: An Adulterous Widower Meets a Violent Death, Yang Hang-nyŏn (P'yŏngyang, P'yŏngan Province, 1866)
  • Case 2: A Family Activist Confronts a Local Magnate, Ms. Pak (Yongin, Kyŏnggi Province, Late Eighteenth Century)
  • Case 3: A Defiant Slave Challenges His Master with Death, Yi Pong-dol (Anoi, Kyŏngsang Province, 1842)
  • Case 4: Two Widows Fight, Madam Chang and Ms. On (Yech'ŏn, Kyŏngsang Province, 1842)
  • Case 5: A Heartless Wet Nurse Abuses an Infant, Mun Chong-ji (Chunghwa, P'yŏngan Province, 1866)
  • Case 6: A Widower Seeks Private Settlement, Ms. Chŏng (Yŏngchʻŏn, Kyŏngsang Province, 1889)
  • Case 7: Adultery Leads to Murder, Ms. Paek (Anak, Hwanghae Province, 1897)
  • Case 8: An Illegal Burial Begets a Son but Kills a Relative, Kim Kap-san (Hoeyang, Kangwŏn Province, 1899)
  • Glossary
Isbn
9780295993133
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Wrongful deaths : selected inquest records from nineteenth-century Korea
Title
Wrongful deaths
Title remainder
selected inquest records from nineteenth-century Korea
Statement of responsibility
compiled and translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim
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Language
eng
Summary
"This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Chosŏn court (1392-1910). Extending the study of this period, usually limited to elites, into the realm of everyday life, each inquest record includes a detailed postmortem examination and features testimony from everyone directly or indirectly related to the incident. The result is an amazingly vivid, colloquial account of the vibrant, multifaceted societal and legal cultures of early modern Korea. Sun Joo Kim is the Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History at Harvard University. Jungwon Kim is assistant professor of Korean history at Columbia University; 'This book provides an extremely rare view into social interactions among people of quite different classes in Chosŏn Korea. Points of interest abound'--Robert E. Hegel, Washington University, St. Louis; 'This is an important contribution that significantly advances our knowledge of nineteenth-century Korean legal history. The translated cases shine by being able to introduce daily struggles of non-elites and illustrate the complex dynamics of the judiciary system during the last century of the Chosŏn dynasty'--Jisoo Kim, George Washington University"--
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Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1962-
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  • Kim, Sun Joo
  • Kim, Jungwon
Series statement
Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
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  • Court records
  • Wrongful death
  • Courts
  • Law
  • Social classes
  • Korea
  • Korea
  • Court records
  • Courts
  • Law
  • Social classes
  • Social history
  • Wrongful death
  • Korea
Label
Wrongful deaths : selected inquest records from nineteenth-century Korea, compiled and translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Map of Nineteenth-Century Korea -- Introduction: Chosŏn Korea in Its Last Century -- Case 1: An Adulterous Widower Meets a Violent Death, Yang Hang-nyŏn (P'yŏngyang, P'yŏngan Province, 1866) -- Case 2: A Family Activist Confronts a Local Magnate, Ms. Pak (Yongin, Kyŏnggi Province, Late Eighteenth Century) -- Case 3: A Defiant Slave Challenges His Master with Death, Yi Pong-dol (Anoi, Kyŏngsang Province, 1842) -- Case 4: Two Widows Fight, Madam Chang and Ms. On (Yech'ŏn, Kyŏngsang Province, 1842) -- Case 5: A Heartless Wet Nurse Abuses an Infant, Mun Chong-ji (Chunghwa, P'yŏngan Province, 1866) -- Case 6: A Widower Seeks Private Settlement, Ms. Chŏng (Yŏngchʻŏn, Kyŏngsang Province, 1889) -- Case 7: Adultery Leads to Murder, Ms. Paek (Anak, Hwanghae Province, 1897) -- Case 8: An Illegal Burial Begets a Son but Kills a Relative, Kim Kap-san (Hoeyang, Kangwŏn Province, 1899) -- Glossary
Control code
835981232
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 253 pages
Isbn
9780295993133
Lccn
2013037570
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
(OCoLC)835981232
Label
Wrongful deaths : selected inquest records from nineteenth-century Korea, compiled and translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Map of Nineteenth-Century Korea -- Introduction: Chosŏn Korea in Its Last Century -- Case 1: An Adulterous Widower Meets a Violent Death, Yang Hang-nyŏn (P'yŏngyang, P'yŏngan Province, 1866) -- Case 2: A Family Activist Confronts a Local Magnate, Ms. Pak (Yongin, Kyŏnggi Province, Late Eighteenth Century) -- Case 3: A Defiant Slave Challenges His Master with Death, Yi Pong-dol (Anoi, Kyŏngsang Province, 1842) -- Case 4: Two Widows Fight, Madam Chang and Ms. On (Yech'ŏn, Kyŏngsang Province, 1842) -- Case 5: A Heartless Wet Nurse Abuses an Infant, Mun Chong-ji (Chunghwa, P'yŏngan Province, 1866) -- Case 6: A Widower Seeks Private Settlement, Ms. Chŏng (Yŏngchʻŏn, Kyŏngsang Province, 1889) -- Case 7: Adultery Leads to Murder, Ms. Paek (Anak, Hwanghae Province, 1897) -- Case 8: An Illegal Burial Begets a Son but Kills a Relative, Kim Kap-san (Hoeyang, Kangwŏn Province, 1899) -- Glossary
Control code
835981232
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 253 pages
Isbn
9780295993133
Lccn
2013037570
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
(OCoLC)835981232

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