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Author Kim, Cheehyung Harrison, author.

Title Heroes and toilers : work as life in postwar North Korea, 1953-1961 / Cheehyung Harrison Kim
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Contents Introduction: postwar North Korea: the era of work -- The historical concept of work -- Work as state practice -- Producing the everyday life of work -- The rhythm of everyday work, in six parts -- Vinalon city : industrialism as socialist everyday life -- Conclusion: The negation of work and other everyday maneuvers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Heroes and Toilers offers an unprecedented account of life and labor in postwar North Korea that looks at both governance and popular resistance. Cheehyung Harrison Kim traces the state's pursuit of progress through industrialism and examines how ordinary people challenged the state every step of the way
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Work -- Social aspects -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Industrial organization -- Korea (North)
Industrial management -- Korea (North)
1900 - 1999.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Korea.
Industrial management
Industrial organization
Manners and customs
Work -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Korea (North) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Subject Korea (North)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018034682
ISBN 9780231546096
0231546092
Other Titles Work as life in postwar North Korea, 1953-1961