Chinese workers : a new history / Jackie Sheehan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheehan, Jackie, 1966- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia.

Routledge studies in modern history of Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--China--History.

Working class.

Labor movement--China--History.

Labor movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jackie Sheehan traces the background and development of workers clashes with the Chinese Communist Party through mass campaigns such as the 1956-7 Hundred Flowers movement, the Cultural Revolution, the April Fifth Movement of 1976, Democracy Wall and the 1989 Democracy Movement. The author provides the most detailed and complete picture of workers protest in China to date and locates their position within the context of Chinese political history. Chinese Workers demonstrates that the image of Chinese workers as politically conformist and reliable supporters of the Communist Party doe

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Chinese labour under New Democracy', 1949...55; 2 Contradictions among the people, 1956...7; 3 Hard work and plain living', 1958...65; 4 To rebel is justified': workers in the Cultural Revolution 1966-69; 5 Long live the people': unrest and dissent, 1969...76; 6 Others are your masters': dissent, democracy and reform,1976-84; 7 Let the whole nation know the workers are organized', 1984-94; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-250) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-69310-9

1-134-69311-7

1-280-18226-1

0-203-00432-9

9780203004326

OCLC:

51779266