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Product Identifiers
PublisherFernwood Publishing Co., LTD.
ISBN-101552668959
ISBN-139781552668955
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038371540
Product Key Features
Book TitleMigrant Workers and the City : Generation Now
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSociology / General, Economic Conditions, Labor, World / Asian
Publication Year2016
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorHuang Chuanhui
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2019-396118
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal331.5/440951
Table Of Content: Author's Foreword : Three Generations of Migrant Workers : From Tarpaulin Bags to Suitcases : Youth on Scaffolds : Picun Village Culture : "Luo Lian Runs Away" and "The Foxconn Suicides" : Bitter Love, Bitter Marriage : Help Them Bloom : May Their Future Not Just Be a Dream : Postscript
SynopsisAwarded the Excellent Copyright Output Award by the Chinese Publishers Association. Fascinating...a must-read for academics, students and a general public interested in the situation of rural migrants in China. - Ra l Delgado Wise Today China has the second largest economy in the world. The largest human migration in history has fueled this rapid growth as people move from the countryside to work in China's fast growing industrial cities. But China is changing. Today's migrants from the countryside are a world apart from their fathers and grandfathers who made the same journeys to the metropolis in search of work decades before them. The older generation made the journey with every expectation of returning to the countryside once they had made some money. Todays generation, better educated and connected by technology, expects higher wages from working in cities than is the reality. These workers do not want to return home to work on the farm, so they frequently take employment that is precarious and poorly paid. In this refreshingly open and enlightening book we hear the stories and hopes for the future from the people who live in the basements of cities across China., In this refreshingly open and enlightening book we hear the stories and hopes for the future from the people who live in the basements of cities across China., Awarded the Excellent Copyright Output Award by the Chinese Publishers Association. Fascinating...a must-read for academics, students and a general public interested in the situation of rural migrants in China. - Raúl Delgado Wise Today China has the second largest economy in the world. The largest human migration in history has fueled this rapid growth as people move from the countryside to work in China's fast growing industrial cities. But China is changing. Today's migrants from the countryside are a world apart from their fathers and grandfathers who made the same journeys to the metropolis in search of work decades before them. The older generation made the journey with every expectation of returning to the countryside once they had made some money. Todays generation, better educated and connected by technology, expects higher wages from working in cities than is the reality. These workers do not want to return home to work on the farm, so they frequently take employment that is precarious and poorly paid. In this refreshingly open and enlightening book we hear the stories and hopes for the future from the people who live in the basements of cities across China.
LC Classification NumberHD1537.C5H83642 2016
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