Sisters and Strangers : Women in the Shanghai Cotton Mills, 1919-1949.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honig, Emily.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Stanford University Press, 1986.

Summary:

In Shanghai, China's largest industrial center prior to 1949, cotton was king and the majority of mill workers were women. This book presents rich information on all aspects of the life of this group of urban workers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Tables and Maps

Introduction

I. The Warp and Weft of Shanghai History

2. Inside the Mills

3. Origins of the Workers

4. Making Connections

5· Contract Labor

6. The Working Day

7. Working Lives

8. Visions of Change

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5036-2135-9

OCLC:

1309020747