Citizenship, Social Equality and Government Reform

Changes in the Household Registration System in Korea, 1894-1910

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ID3611005
AutoresKyung Moon Hwang (Southern California University for Professional Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume38
Fascículo2
Páginas355-387
Data de publicação2004-05-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoModern Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026749x04001106
OpenAlexW2127026185
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8

For over a millennium before the 20th century, the Korean state had maintained a system of household registration, or hojok. In the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), these registers, through their specification of each household head's status either as a tax-paying commoner or tax-exempt aristocrat or low-born, reinforced the hereditary status delineation of each locality and in turn determined everything from tax and service obligations to the courtesies and behaviors of social interaction. Within the span of a few years at the turn of the 20th century, however, this stalwart institution of household registration, which proved so central to both the strengths and problems of the Choson government, was thoroughly reorganized, revealing the myriad facets of the state's changing relationship with the populace

Citizenship · Commoner · Dual (grammatical number · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Institution · Locality · Political science · Politics · Service (business · State (computer science · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Korean Urban and Social Studies · Law · Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth

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