Heroes and Toilers : : Work as Life in Postwar North Korea, 1953-1961 /

Heroes and Toilers : : Work as Life in Postwar North Korea, 1953-1961 / / Cheehyung Harrison Kim.

In search of national unity and state control in the decade following the Korean War, North Korea turned to labor. Mandating rapid industrial growth, the government stressed order and consistency in everyday life at both work and home. In Heroes and Toilers, Cheehyung Harrison Kim offers an unpreced...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Kim, Cheehyung Harrison,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]
©2018
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 27 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION. Postwar North Korea
  • CHAPTER 1. The Historical Concept of Work
  • CHAPTER 2. Work as State Practice
  • CHAPTER 3. Producing the Everyday Life of Work
  • CHAPTER 4. The Rhythm of Everyday Work, in Six Parts
  • CHAPTER 5. Vinalon City
  • CONCLUSION
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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