North Korea

Andrea Matles Savada, ed. North Korea: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1993.

Acknowledgments
Preface

Introduction

HISTORY 
ORIGINS OF THE KOREAN NATION
The Period of the Three Kingdoms
Silla
Kory
The Chosn Dynasty
Dynastic Decline
NINETEENTH CENTURY
JAPANESE COLONIALISM
KOREAN NATIONALISM AND COMMUNISM
ORIGINS OF THE DPRK
THE KOREAN WAR
THE POST-WAR ECONOMY
CORPORATISM AND THE CHUCH'E IDEA
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

GEOGRAPHY
Topography and Drainage
Climate
Environment

THE SOCIETY
POPULATION
Confucian and Neo-Confucian Values
Chosn Dynasty Social Structure
The Traditional Family and Kinship
The Colonial Transformation of Korean Society
Tradition and Modernity in North Korea
Chuch'e and Contemporary Social Values
Classes and Social Strata
Urban Life
Village Life
Family Life
The Role of Women
The Role of Religion
ETHNICITY, CULTURE, AND LANGUAGE
Contemporary Cultural Expression
Literature, Music, and Film
Architecture and City Planning
The Korean Language
EDUCATION
PUBLIC HEALTH

THE ECONOMY
ECONOMIC SETTING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Economic Planning
INDUSTRY
AGRICULTURE
Forestry
Fisheries
ENERGY
FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
Economic Assistance

GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT AND THE PARTY
The Korean Workers' Party (KWP)
The Constitution
ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
THE ROLE OF CHUCH'E
PARTY LEADERSHIP AND ELITE RECRUITMENT
LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION
MASS ORGANIZATIONS
THE MEDIA
FOREIGN POLICY
Inter-Korean Affairs

China and the Soviet Union
Japan
The United States

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