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Korean Adoption and Inheritance: Case Studies in the Creation of a Classic Confucian Society: 80 (Cornell East Asia Series) - Hardcover

Peterson, Mark A.

 
9781885445704: Korean Adoption and Inheritance: Case Studies in the Creation of a Classic Confucian Society: 80 (Cornell East Asia Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1885445709 ISBN 13: 9781885445704
Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series, 2010

Synopsis

The cases in Korean adoption and inheritance reveal steps in the transition called "Confucianization" that took place mostly in the seventeenth century. The transition from partible inheritance, equally divided between sons and daughters, to primogeniture; the attempt to use soja as heirs; the movement toward agnatic adoption as the way to provide an heir when there were no children, or when there were only daughters born into the household are all covered in numerous cases from the official history, from government records, and from private documents.

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About the Author

Mark Peterson is Professor of Korean Studies at Brigham Young University. Within Korean studies he researches and publishes in the areas of social history, contemporary Korean society, and classic Korean novels.

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Publisher
Cornell East Asia Series
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1885445709
ISBN 13 
9781885445704
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
284