Beyond birth : social status in the emergence of modern Korea - Hwang, Kyung Moon. (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2004)
1. Birth and bureaucracy -- 2. Opening the ranks: bureaucratic appointment Patterns, 1880-1930 -- 3. The chungin -- 4. The hyangni -- 5. The sool -- 6. The Northerners -- 7. The muban.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-456) and index.
Keywords: Bureaucracy -- Korea -- History; Social structure -- Korea -- History; Social status -- Korea -- History; Korea -- History -- Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910.