The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 /

The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 / / Charles K. Armstrong.

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North Korea, despite a shattered economy and a populace suffering from widespread hunger, has outlived repeated forecasts of its imminent demise. Charles K. Armstrong contends that a major source of North Korea's strength and resiliency, as well as of its flaws and shortcomings, lies in the poo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Armstrong, Charles K.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 1 map, 14 halftones, 12 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Revolution on the Margins
  • 2. Liberation, Occupation, and the Emerging New Order
  • 3. Remaking the People
  • 4. Coalition Politics and the United Front
  • 5. Planning the Economy
  • 6. Constructing Culture
  • 7. A Regime of Surveillance
  • 8. The People's State
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: A Note on Sources
  • Appendix B: Statements of General Chistiakov on the Soviet Occupation of North Korea, Fall 1945
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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