Scattered sand : the story of China's rural migrants Hsiao-Hung Pai ; preface by Gregor Benton. text
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TextPublication details: London ; Brooklyn, NY Verso 2012Edition: 1stDescription: 302 p. HBKISBN: 9781844678860 (hbk.); 9781844679201 (ebook)Subject(s): Rural-urban migration - China | Migrant labor - China | China - Economic conditions - 21st century | China - Social conditions - 21st centuryDDC classification: 331.40951 PAI
Contents:
Exodus: Northeast youth head for the city -- Earthquakes in bohemia: life and death in Sichuan -- Dust and heat: black mines in the Yellow River region -- The dark kilns: brickmaking in the North -- 'Bad elements': the uprooted and permanently impoverished in Shandon -- The factory of the world: recession in Guangzhou -- In the shadows of olympians: unorganized workers in Beijing -- Go west! The migration industry in rural Fujian -- Trouble on the new frontier: ethnic tensions in Xinjiang.
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<p>Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-302).</p>
Exodus: Northeast youth head for the city -- Earthquakes in bohemia: life and death in Sichuan -- Dust and heat: black mines in the Yellow River region -- The dark kilns: brickmaking in the North -- 'Bad elements': the uprooted and permanently impoverished in Shandon -- The factory of the world: recession in Guangzhou -- In the shadows of olympians: unorganized workers in Beijing -- Go west! The migration industry in rural Fujian -- Trouble on the new frontier: ethnic tensions in Xinjiang.
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