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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Heroes and Toilers: Work as Life in Postwar North Korea, 1953-196
- Publication Date
- 2018-11-06
- Pages
- 280
- ISBN
- 9780231185301
- Subject Area
- Business & Economics, History
- Publication Name
- Heroes and Toilers : Work As Life in Postwar North Korea, 1953-1961
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Asia / Korea, Labor
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Series
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 18.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231185308
ISBN-13
9780231185301
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038265927
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Publication Name
Heroes and Toilers : Work As Life in Postwar North Korea, 1953-1961
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Asia / Korea, Labor
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics, History
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
18.5 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-016927
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
North Korea really comes alive in this book, as a place inhabited by real human beings with the same problems we all have--a rare achievement in the literature. The author is objective in the best sense--he gives North Korea its due, unlike most authors, but also reserves a serious critique. Heroes and Toilers is by far the best book to appear on North Korea recently and is one of the best books ever written on contemporary Korea., A pioneering exploration of post-Korean War industrial work in the DPRK, Heroes and Toilers greatly enriches our understanding of a crucial period and topic in North Korea's history before the Juche era. Combining robust conceptual formulations with deft source analyses, the author illuminates the variegated ways in which ordinary North Koreans performed labor and pursued individual and collective goals, as reflective and willful humans in tune with the specific opportunities and constraints of their day. This superb book provides ample food for thought in its highly compelling placement of postwar North Korean industrialism and society within the core processes and trends of modern global history., Heroes and Toilers is the first academic monograph in English devoted specifically to the formation of North Korea's industrial labor force and the living conditions of workers, rather than describing the process of industrialization from the perspective of an economist. As such, it is an important contribution to scholarship., With poetic fierceness, Kim tackles the knotted relationship between capital, nation and state during North Korea's nation-building years. His exhaustive archival research illuminates both the unique and universal aspects of North Korea's industrial development. Kim's sensitivity to language and image, and his attentiveness to the lived experience, makes for an intimate portrait of work and everyday life as embedded in politics and economics in a time of tremendous transformation., Kim makes skillful use of a variety of materials to argue that state power and planning were incomplete and, indeed, relied on individual spontaneity and efforts to function at all., North Korea really comes alive in this book as a place inhabited by real human beings with the same problems we all have--a rare achievement in the literature. The author is objective in the best sense--he gives North Korea its due, unlike most authors, but also reserves a serious critique. Heroes and Toilers is by far the best book to appear on North Korea recently and is one of the best books ever written on contemporary Korea., With poetic fierceness, Kim tackles the knotted relationship between capital, nation, and state during North Korea's nation-building years. His exhaustive archival research illuminates both the unique and universal aspects of North Korea's industrial development. Kim's sensitivity to language and image and his attentiveness to lived experience make for an intimate portrait of work and everyday life as embedded in politics and economics in a time of tremendous transformation., By employing the concepts of work and everyday life as his theoretical and analytical focus, Kim successfully demonstrates how dominance and resistance in everyday life translated into the dual outcomes of socialist industrial transformation and the consolidation of state hegemony in early North Korea. . . . Kim's book provides insightful understanding for students and scholars of North Korean studies, socialism, and labor history., North Korea really comes alive in this book as a place inhabited by real human beings with the same problems we all have--a rare achievement in the literature. The author is objective in the best sense--he gives North Korea its due, unlike most authors, but also reserves a serious critique. Heroes and Toilers is by far the best recent book on North Korea and is one of the best books ever written on contemporary Korea., Heroes and Toilers presents a counterargument to the claims that North Korea is an unknowable black box in the form of a cogent, balanced, and rigorously researched narrative that will resonate with historians, social scientists, and scholars of Korean studies.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
951.93043
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Postwar North Korea, the Era of Work 1. The Historical Concept of Work 2. Work as State Practice 3. Producing the Everyday Life of Work 4. The Rhythm of Everyday Work, in Six Parts 5. Vinalon City: Industrialism as Socialist Everyday Life Conclusion: The Negation of Work and Other Everyday Maneuvers Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
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 pursuit of progress through industrialism and examines how ordinary people challenged it every step of the way. Even more than coercion or violence, he argues, work was crucial to state control. Industrial labor was both mode of production and mode of governance, characterized by repetitive work, mass mobilization, labor heroes, and the insistence on convergence between living and working. At the same time, workers challenged and reconfigured state power to accommodate their circumstances--coming late to work, switching jobs, fighting with bosses, and profiting from the black market, as well as following approved paths to secure their livelihood, resolve conflict, and find happiness. Heroes and Toilers is a groundbreaking analysis of postwar North Korea that avoids the pitfalls of exoticism and exceptionalism to offer a new answer to the fundamental question of North Korea's historical development., 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.
LC Classification Number
BF481.K45 2018
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- m***m (2349)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI’m thrilled with my recent purchase . The website was user-friendly, and the product descriptions were accurate. Customer service was prompt and helpful, answering all my questions. My order arrived quickly, well-packaged, and the product exceeded my expectations in quality. I’m impressed with the attention to detail and the overall experience. I’ll definitely shop here again and highly recommend from this seller to others. Thank you for a fantastic experience!Tobin's Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters Edition by Erik Burnham: Used (#404302598631)