Between Dreams and Reality : The Military Examination in Late Choson Korea, 1600-1894
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
ISBN-10
0674025024
ISBN-13
9780674025028
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Imprint
Harvard University, Asia Center
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 2007
Weight
558 grams
Dimensions
16.60 x 23.70 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historySocial classesWarfare & defence
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Park argues that the mukwa—Korea’s state military examination—was not only the primary means of recruiting aristocrats as new members of the military bureaucracy, but also a way for the ruling elite to partially satisfy the status aspirations of marginalized regional elites, secondary status groups, commoners, and manumitted slaves.
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