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Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform
Feng Xu
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Description for Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform
Paperback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform studies unmarried women migrant workers in China. As international migrants in China's richest province, they work in silk, one of China's oldest and most symbolically-charged industries. Through extensive interviews and a wide-ranging interpretation of the secondary literature, this book brings an interdisciplinary approach to its study of power and identity. Gender, class, and local identities matter in the factories and streets of a one-industry town, and municipal and factory leaders seek to rework these over-shifting forces to build a low-cost, reliable labour force. The women in question seek to rework these disadvantages by ... Read more
Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform studies unmarried women migrant workers in China. As international migrants in China's richest province, they work in silk, one of China's oldest and most symbolically-charged industries. Through extensive interviews and a wide-ranging interpretation of the secondary literature, this book brings an interdisciplinary approach to its study of power and identity. Gender, class, and local identities matter in the factories and streets of a one-industry town, and municipal and factory leaders seek to rework these over-shifting forces to build a low-cost, reliable labour force. The women in question seek to rework these disadvantages by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
International Political Economy Series
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349423569
SKU
V9781349423569
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Ref
99-15
About Feng Xu
FENG XU teaches political science at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, where she also serves as director of the International Relations Program. She left China in 1990 to pursue her master's in political science at York University, Toronto, Canada, and received her doctorate there in 1998.
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