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

by Cheehyung Harrison Kim

Book Overview

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 unprecedented account of life and labor in postwar North Korea that brings together the roles of governance and resistance.

Kim traces the state's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231185316
• ISBN13: 9780231185318
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"