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A Socioeconomic History of North Korea A Socioeconomic History of North Korea Daniel Schwekendiek McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers lefferson, North Carolina, and London Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Schwekendick, Daniel, 1975- A socioeconomic history of North Korea / Daniel Schwekendick. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7864-6344-2 softcover : 50# alkaline paper (<2) 1. Korea (North) —Economic conditions. 2. Korea (North) —Social conditions. 3. Korea (North)—History. I. Title. HC470.2.S39 2011 330.95193 - dc22 2011011384 British Library cataloguing data are available © 2011 Daniel Schwekendick. All rights reserved No pan of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Front cover image © 2011 Shutterstock Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 www. mcfarlandpub. com For Beate and Uwe Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface 1 Abbreviations 3 1. Ibackground 3. Anthropometric Perspectives 1.1 Introduction 5 3.1 Perception 91 1.2 Terra incognita 10 3.2 Concept 93 1.3 Reliability of data 17 3.3 Sources 101 1.4 Historical setting 22 3.4 Evidence 108 1.5 Colonialism and rise of socialism 26 1.6 Political formation 29 4. Economic Perspectives 1.7 Ideological foundation 31 4.1 Structure 115 4.2 Central planning 121 2. Social Perspectives 4.3 Classical sectors 131 2.1 Social status 38 4.4 Performance 136 2.2 Family and friends 46 4.5 Questionable activities 141 2.3 Gender 50 4.6 Structural deficits 145 2.4 Food and necessities 53 4.7 Marketization 151 2.5 Public health 61 2.6 Education 68 5. Conclusion in Media and mobility 74 5.1 Summary 157 2.8 National security 84 5.2 Outlook 159 Note 163 Bibliography 165 Index 171 vii
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