North of the DMZ : essays on daily life in North Korea /
"Book describes the difficult but determined existence that North Koreans have created for themselves in the face of oppression. The book introduces the political system and the extent to which it permeates citizens' daily lives; discusses the schools, the economic system, and family life;...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co.,
c2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Table of contents only |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Leaders dear and great
- In times of propaganda
- The arts and the media
- The workers' paradise? the social structure of the DPRK
- Pyongyang
- Daily lives
- Recreation and fashion
- Family matters
- All things which move
- Big Brother is watching
- How does the system work?
- Schools
- It's economics
- Foreign affairs
- On spying, smuggling and kidnapping
- North Koreans overseas, foreigners in North Korea
- Defectors
- The unnoticed death of North Korean Stalinism.