Book

Over the mountains are mountains: Korean peasant households and their adaptations to rapid industrialization

University of Washington PressSeattlePublished In 1988 • Pages: x, 273

By: Sorensen, Clark W..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a sociological study of the township of Sangongni, a collection of small hamlets in the mountains approximately twenty-five kilometers southwest of Ch'unch'on, the capital of South Korea's Kangwon Province. This book deals with various aspects of social change in Korean peasant households and the manner in which the peasants have adapted to rapid industrialization in the region. In addition to detailed descriptions of the households, Sorenson presents data on social theory (related to socio-cultural change), the effects of the mountain environment on the community, subsistence activities (mainly agricultural), economic productivity, cultural adaptation techniques, labor supply, the changing family cycle, migration to the cities, and land tenure patterns.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Real property
Production and supply
Labor supply and employment
Household
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Korea
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
East Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1995
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1976-1977, 1983
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1983
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Sangongni township, South Korea
NotesAdditional notes
Clark W. Sorensen
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
87006222
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Koreans