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A Most Enterprising Country : North Korea in the Global Economy /

North Korea has survived the end of the Cold War, massive famine, numerous regional crises, punishing sanctions, and international stigma. In A Most Enterprising Country, Justin V. Hastings explores the puzzle of how the most politically isolated state in the world nonetheless sustains itself in lar...

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Autor principal: Hastings, Justin V. (Justin VanOverloop) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Cornell University Press, 2016.
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