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Author:

Demick, Barbara.

Title:

Nothing to envy : ordinary lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Spiegel & Grau,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xii, 314 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Koreans--Korea (North)--Social conditions--21st century--Case studies.
Koreans--Korea (North)--Economic conditions--21st century--Case studies.
Korea (North)--Social conditions--21st century.
Korea (North)--Economic conditions--21st century.
Korea (North)
Korea (North)--Social conditions.
Korea (North)--Economic conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314).

Summary:

Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.

ISBN:

0385523904 (acid-free paper)
9780385523905 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)229027465

LCCN:

2009022420

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