04535nam a2200505 i 4500 ebr10839453 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 131028t20142014waub ob 001 0 eng|d 9780295993126 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9780295993133 9780295804965 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)874161520 a-kr--- DS915.15 .K57 2014eb 951.9/02 23 Kim, Sun Joo, 1962- Wrongful deaths : selected inquest records from nineteenth-century Korea / compiled and translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2014] �2014 1 online resource (270 pages) : map. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Includes bibliographical references and index. Map of Nineteenth-Century Korea -- Introduction: Chos�on Korea in Its Last Century -- Case 1: An Adulterous Widower Meets a Violent Death, Yang Hang-ny�on (P'y�ongyang, P'y�ongan Province, 1866) -- Case 2: A Family Activist Confronts a Local Magnate, Ms. Pak (Yongin, Ky�onggi Province, Late Eighteenth Century) -- Case 3: A Defiant Slave Challenges His Master with Death, Yi Pong-dol (Anoi, Ky�ongsang Province, 1842) -- Case 4: Two Widows Fight, Madam Chang and Ms. On (Yech'�on, Ky�ongsang Province, 1842) -- Case 5: A Heartless Wet Nurse Abuses an Infant, Mun Chong-ji (Chunghwa, P'y�ongan Province, 1866) -- Case 6: A Widower Seeks Private Settlement, Ms. Ch�ong (Y�ongch��on, Ky�ongsang 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, Kangw�on Province, 1899) -- Glossary. "This collection presents and analyzes inquest records that tell the stories of ordinary Korean people under the Chos�on 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 Chos�on 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 Chos�on dynasty'--Jisoo Kim, George Washington University"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Wrongful death Korea History 19th century Sources. Court records Korea. Courts Korea History 19th century Sources. Law Social aspects Korea History 19th century Sources. Social classes Korea History 19th century Sources. Korea History Chos�on dynasty, 1392-1910 Sources. Korea Social conditions 1392-1910 Sources. Electronic books. Kim, Jungwon. Print version: Kim, Sun Joo. Wrongful deaths : selected inquest records from nineteenth-century Korea. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2014] xv, 253 pages Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies 9780295993133 (DLC) 2013037570 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10839453 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 94942 94942