Red Silk / Robert Cliver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cliver, Robert, author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 431.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, Supplement 2020, ISBN ; 9789004445840.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 431

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, Supplement 2020, ISBN: 9789004445840

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silk industry--China--Yangtze River--History--20th century.

Silk industry.

Women and socialism--China--Yangtze River.

Women and socialism.

Women silk industry workers--China--Yangtze River.

Women silk industry workers.

Women--Employment--China--Yangtze River.

Women.

Work environment--China--Yangtze River.

Work environment.

Women--Employment.

History.

China--Yangtze River.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"A history of China's Yangzi Delta silk industry during the mid-twentieth century. Compares two very different groups of silk workers and their experiences in the revolution: male silk weavers in Shanghai factories who enjoyed close ties to the Communist party-state and workers in silk thread mills, mostly young women who lacked powerful organizations or ties to the revolutionary regime"-- Provided by publisher.

"Red Silk is a history of China's Yangzi Delta silk industry during the wars, crises, and revolutions of the mid-twentieth century. Based on extensive research in Chinese archives and focused on the 1950s, the book compares two very different groups of silk workers and their experiences in the revolution. Male silk weavers in Shanghai factories enjoyed close ties to the Communist party-state and benefited greatly from socialist policies after 1949. In contrast, workers in silk thread mills, or filatures, were mostly young women who lacked powerful organizations or ties to the revolutionary regime. For many filature workers, working conditions changed little after 1949; and politicized production campaigns added a new burden within the brutal and oppressive factory regime in place since the nineteenth century. Both groups of workers and their employers, had to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances. Their actions-protests, petitions, bribery, tax evasion-compelled the party-state to adjust its policies, producing new challenges. The results, though initially positive for many, were ultimately disastrous. By the end of the 1950s there was widespread conflict and deprivation among silk workers, and, despite its impressive recovery under Communist rule, the industry faced a crisis worse than war and revolution"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Copyright Page / Author: Robert Cliver

Dedication / Author: Robert Cliver

Illustrations and Tables / Author: Robert Cliver

Acknowledgments / Author: Robert Cliver

Abbreviations Used in the Text and Footnotes / Author: Robert Cliver

Conventions / Author: Robert Cliver

introduction Class and Gender in the Chinese Revolution / Author: Robert Cliver

chapter one The Development of China's Modern Silk Industry / Author: Robert Cliver

chapter two Yangzi Delta Silk Workers in War and Revolution / Author: Robert Cliver

chapter three New Democracy and Communist Revolution / Author: Robert Cliver

chapter four "Weavers of Revolution" / Author: Robert Cliver

chapter five Creating a Campaign Society / Author: Robert Cliver

chapter six "Women of the Silk" / Author: Robert Cliver

chapter seven The Socialist Transformation of the Yangzi Delta Silk Industry / Author: Robert Cliver

Conclusion / Author: Robert Cliver

Glossary / Author: Robert Cliver

Bibliography / Author: Robert Cliver

Index / Author: Robert Cliver

Harvard East Asian Monographs (most recent titles) / Author: Robert Cliver.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Red Silk,

ISBN:

9781684176151

9780674244467

OCLC:

1182804587

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684176151 DOI

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