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Clark, Donald N.

Culture and customs of Korea / Donald N. Clark

p. cm.--(Culture and customs of Asia, ISSN 1097-0738)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-313-30456-4 (alk. paper)

1. Korea-Civilization. 2. Korea-Social life and customs. I. Title. II. Series.

DS904.C4492 2000

951.9--dc21 00-021074

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 2000 by Donald N. Clark

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without
the express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-021074

ISBN: 0-313-30456-4

ISSN: 1097-0738

First published in 2000

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

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Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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Copyright Acknowledgments

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for the use of the following
material:

The sijo poems in Chapter 3 from Seoul; Past and Present; A Guide to Yi T'aejo's Capital, by
Allen D. Clark and Donald N. Clark ( Seoul: Hollym Corp., 1969), pp. 24, 34, appear by
permission of the Royal Asiatic Society-Korea Branch.

Sŏ Chŏngju's poem "Grandmother" from Unforgettable Things, translated by David R. McCann
( Seoul: Si-sa-yong-o-sa, 1986), p. 21, appears by permission of Si-sa-yong-o-sa
Publishers.

Unless otherwise noted, all photographs appear by courtesy of Donald N. Clark.

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