Format:
1 online resource (212 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781501701726
Content:
In Building China, Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three migrants, managers, and labor contractors. Her ethnography focuses on the work, family, and social lives of construction workers in China.
Content:
BUILDING CHINA -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Building China and the Making of a New Working Class -- 2. The Hukou System, Migration, and the Construction Industry -- 3. Mediated Employment: A City of Walls -- 4. Embedded Employment: A City of Villages -- 5. Individual Employment: A City of Violence -- 6. Protest and Organizing among Informal Workers under Restrictive Regimes -- 7. Informal Precarious Workers, Protests, and Precarious Authoritarianism -- Appendix A. Methods, Sampling, and Access -- Appendix B. List of Construction Sites -- Appendix C. List of Interviews -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801454158
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780801454158
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=4189268
