Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor
by Elizabeth Perry
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This work is an important addition to the rather limited literature on the social history of China during the first half of the twentieth century. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980s and which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. China has undergone a series of fundamental political transformations: from the 1911 Revolution that toppled the imperial system to the victory of the show more communists, all of which were greatly affected by labor unrest. This work places the politics of Chinese workers in comparative perspective and a remarkably comprehensive and nuanced picture of Chinese labor emerges from it, based on a wealth of primary materials. It joins the concerns of 'new labor history' for workers' culture and shopfloor conditions with a more conventional focus on strikes, unions, and political parties. As a result, the author is able to explore the linkage between social protest and state formation. show lessTags
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- Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor
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- Chinese Civil War (1927 | 1950)
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- Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government, Economics, General Nonfiction, Sociology
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- 331.89 — Society, government, & culture Economics Labor economics Labor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputes Labour-management bargaining and disputes
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- HD5430 .Z9 .S535 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class Labor disputes. Strikes and lockouts
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