Socioeconomic History of North Korea

Daniel Schwekendiek holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Tuebingen in Germany and has been a scholar at the University of Oxford, Seoul National University, and the University of California at Berkeley. He has published widely on the histories of the two Koreas and their diasporas.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface     Abbreviations      1. Background1.1 Introduction      1.2 Terra incognita      1.3 Reliability of data      1.4 Historical setting      1.5 Colonialism and rise of socialism      1.6 Political formation      1.7 Ideological foundation      2. Social Perspectives2.1 Social status      2.2 Family and friends      2.3 Gender      2.4 Food and necessities      2.5 Public health      2.6 Education      2.7 Media and mobility      2.8 National security      3. Anthropometric Perspectives3.1 Perception      3.2 Concept      3.3 Sources      3.4 Evidence      4. Economic Perspectives4.1 Structure      4.2 Central planning      4.3 Classical sectors      4.4 Performance      4.5 Questionable activities      4.6 Structural deficits      4.7 Marketization      5. Conclusion5.1 Summary      5.2 Outlook      Notes      Bibliography      Index

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