| Wrongful Deaths: Selected Inquest Records from Nineteenth-Century Korea Contributor(s): Kim, Sun Joo (Translator), Kim, Jungwon (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0295993138 ISBN-13: 9780295993133 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Korea - Law | Legal History - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 951.902 |
| Series: Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - East Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Choson 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 sociocultural and legal culture of early modern Korea. |