Heroes and Toilers

Heroes and Toilers offers an unprecedented account of life and labor in postwar North Korea that looks at both governance and popular resistance. Cheehyung Harrison Kim traces the state s pursuit of progress through industrialism and examines how ordinary people challenged the state every step of the way.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Postwar North Korea, the Era of Work
1. The Historical Concept of Work
2. Work as State Practice
3. Producing the Everyday Life of Work
4. The Rhythm of Everyday Work, in Six Parts
5. Vinalon City: Industrialism as Socialist Everyday Life
Conclusion: The Negation of Work and Other Everyday Maneuvers
Notes
Bibliography
Index