Everyday life in Joseon-era Korea : : economy and society / / The Organization of Korean Historians, Seoul ; edited and translated by Michael D. Shin ; co-translated by Edward Park.

• Author: Han'guk Yŏksa Yŏn'guhoe.
• TeilnehmendeR: Shin, Michael D.; Park, Edward.; Han'guk Yŏksa Yŏn'guhoe.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Global Oriental,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Winner of the 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award Everyday Life in Joseon-Era Korea shows how the momentous changes of the time transformed the lives of the common people. In twenty-three concise chapters, the book covers topics ranging from agriculture, commerce, and mining to education, marriage, and food culture. It examines how both the spread of Neo-Confucianism in the early Joseon period and its decline from the seventeenth century impacted economic and social life. The book also demonstrates that much of what is thought of as ancient Korean tradition actually developed in the Joseon period. Chapters in this book discuss how customs such as ancestor worship, the use of genealogies, and foods such as kimchi all originated or became widespread in this era. Contributors: Kim Kuentae, Yeom Jeong Sup, Kim Sung Woo, Lee Hun-Chang, Lee Uk, Yoo Pil Jo, Kim Kyung-ran, Kim Eui-Hwan, Oh Soo-chang, Ko Dong-Hwan, Kwon Nae-Hyun, Lee Hae Jun, Jung Jin Young, Kwon Ki-jung, Han Sang Kwon, Kwon Soon-Hyung, Jang Dong-Pyo, Seo-Tae-Won, Sim Jae-woo, Chung Yeon-sik, O Jong-rok, Hong Soon Min. This volume was co-translated by Edward Park and Michael D. Shin.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Michael D. Shin and Edward Park -- The Intimate Past: An Introduction to the Joseon Period / Michael D. Shin -- Farming in the Joseon Period / Kuentae Kim -- A Typical Day and Year in the Life of the Peasantry / Jeong Sup Yeom -- The Tax Burden of the Peasantry / Sung Woo Kim -- Currency and the Value of Money / Hun-Chang Lee -- The Merchants of Seoul / Uk Lee -- The Joys and Sorrows of the Itinerant Merchants / Pil JO Yoo -- Foreign Trade and Interpreter Officials / Kyung-ran Kim -- Salt: White Gold / Eui-Hwan Kim -- Seeking Work at Mines / Soo-chang Oh -- When Did Joseon’s Population Reach Ten Million? / Dong-Hwan Ko -- Rural Society and Zhu Xi’s Community Compact / Nae-Hyun Kwon -- Why Did Peasants Create the Dure? / Hae Jun Lee -- Did Fake Genealogies Exist? / Jin Young Jung -- The Baekjeong Class / Ki-jung Kwon -- The Rebellion of Im Ggeokjeong / Sang Kwon Han -- Did People Divorce in the Joseon Period? / Soon-Hyung Kwon -- The Educational System / Dong-Pyo Jang -- Military Life / Tae-Won Seo -- The Penal System / Jae-woo Sim -- Eating Culture / Yeon-sik Chung -- Liquor and Taverns / Yeon-sik Chung -- Tea and Tobacco / Jong-rok O -- The Outhouses of the Royal Palaces / Soon Min Hong -- About the Authors / Michael D. Shin and Edward Park -- Appendix – Monarchs of the Joseon Period / Michael D. Shin and Edward Park -- Glossary / Michael D. Shin and Edward Park -- Index / Michael D. Shin and Edward Park.