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Historical Dictionary of North Korea
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Historical Dictionary of North Korea Hardcover - 2003

by Ilpyong J. Kim

From the publisher

This work features a country that is little known to the West and even to its Asian neighbours because its policy has been one of isolation and self-reliance since the 1950s. Now, however, is an opportune time for the outside world to pay attention and come to understand North Korea's political, economic, and social system because North Korea's new ruler Kim Jong II is initiating an invitation to the outside world. Will this opening in of North Korea's doors save its economic system or cause it to collapse? This work looks at North Korea's new rulership and its foreign policy of isolationism and explores whether it will have to change in recognition of the changing environment of the Korean peninsula. The people, places, political system, economy, ideology, and the history that made and is North Korea are profiled in this work.

Details

  • Title Historical Dictionary of North Korea
  • Author Ilpyong J. Kim
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 212
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD.
  • Date February 28, 2003
  • ISBN 9780810843318 / 0810843315
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.76 x 5.68 x 1.07 in (22.25 x 14.43 x 2.72 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Korea (North) - History - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002012349
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951.930

About the author

Dr. Ilpyong J. Kim is Professor of Emeritus Political Science at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and is currently serving as President of the International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS). He is one of the foremost watchers of North Korea and is familiar with neighboring South Korea and China as well as being a specialist on communist regimes.

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