Format:
Book
Author:
Demick, Barbara.
Title:
Nothing to envy : ordinary lives in North Korea / Barbara Demick.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Spiegel & Grau, c2010.
Description:
xii, 314 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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.
Subjects:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314).
LCCN:
2009022420
ISBN:
9780385523905 (alk. paper)
0385523904 (alk. paper)
Other Number:
229027465
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
1
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
904678
Call Number:
951.93 DEMI
Course Reserves:
0
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