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Suzy Kim - Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950 - 9780801452130 - V9780801452130
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Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950

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Description for Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950 Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39, 13 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPG; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.

During the founding of North Korea, competing visions of an ideal modern state proliferated. Independence and democracy were touted by all, but plans for the future of North Korea differed in their ideas about how everyday life should be organized. Daily life came under scrutiny as the primary arena for social change in public and private life. In Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950, Kim examines the revolutionary events that shaped people's lives in the development of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. By shifting the historical focus from the state and the Great Leader to how villagers ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801452130
SKU
V9780801452130
Shipping Time
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About Suzy Kim
Suzy Kim is Professor of Korean History at Rutgers University.

Reviews for Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950
[On] the whole Kim's argument that the revolution was largely home-grown remains convincing. Especially fascinating are her chapters on the role of women in the revolution, and her exploration of the autobiographies that all adult North Koreans had to draft to show how their individual life stories fitted within the larger framework of Korea’s recent history and the revolution.
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