| Korean Adoption and Inheritance Contributor(s): Peterson, Mark a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1885445709 ISBN-13: 9781885445704 Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - History | Asia - Korea |
| LCCN: 97145480 |
| Series: Cornell East Asia |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" (1.14 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - East Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
