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Presents a description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups

Trade Review
"Sorensen has gone farther than anyone else in demonstrating relationships between agricultural practices, the environment, and household organization in rural Korean society." Journal of Asian Studies

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments

1. Over the Mountains Are Mountains
2. Development without Structural Change in Sangongni Households
3. Development and the Influence of a Mountain Environment
4. Subsistence, Productivity, and Household Adaptation
5. Energy Flow and the Allocation of Household Labor
6. The Changing Family Cycle
7. Industrialization, Migration, and Land-Tenure Patterns
8. Organization, Structure, and the Explanation of Social Change

Appendix
Notes
Guide to Romanization
A Note on Weights and Measures
References
Index

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 22/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9780295992761, 978-0295992761
      ISBN10: 029599276X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups

      Trade Review
      "Sorensen has gone farther than anyone else in demonstrating relationships between agricultural practices, the environment, and household organization in rural Korean society." Journal of Asian Studies

      Table of Contents

      Preface to the Paperback Edition
      Acknowledgments

      1. Over the Mountains Are Mountains
      2. Development without Structural Change in Sangongni Households
      3. Development and the Influence of a Mountain Environment
      4. Subsistence, Productivity, and Household Adaptation
      5. Energy Flow and the Allocation of Household Labor
      6. The Changing Family Cycle
      7. Industrialization, Migration, and Land-Tenure Patterns
      8. Organization, Structure, and the Explanation of Social Change

      Appendix
      Notes
      Guide to Romanization
      A Note on Weights and Measures
      References
      Index

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