Pai, Hsiao-Hung

Scattered sand : the story of China's rural migrants text Hsiao-Hung Pai ; preface by Gregor Benton. - 1st - London ; Brooklyn, NY Verso 2012 - 302 p. HBK

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-302).



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.

9781844678860 (hbk.) 9781844679201 (ebook)

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Rural-urban migration - China
Migrant labor - China
China - Economic conditions - 21st century
China - Social conditions - 21st century

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