Shanghai on Strike : The Politics of Chinese Labor / Elizabeth J. Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Elizabeth J., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.) : illus

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This work is an important addition to the rather limited literature on the social history of China during the first half of the twentieth century. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980s and which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. China has undergone a series of fundamental political transformations: from the 1911 Revolution that toppled the imperial system to the victory of the communists, all of which were greatly affected by labor unrest. This work places the politics of Chinese workers in comparative perspective and a remarkably comprehensive and nuanced picture of Chinese labor emerges from it, based on a wealth of primary materials. It joins the concerns of 'new labor history' for workers' culture and shopfloor conditions with a more conventional focus on strikes, unions, and political parties. As a result, the author is able to explore the linkage between social protest and state formation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Maps

Introduction

PART ONE The Politics of Place, !839-1919

CHAPTER ONE A City of Immigrants

CHAPTER TWO South China Artisans

CHAPTER THREE North China Proletarians

PART TWO The Politics of Partisanship, I9I9-49

CHAPTER FOUR Heyday of Radicalism, 1919-27

CHAPTER FIVE Conservative Interregnum, 1927-37

CHAPTER SIX Radical Resurgence, 1937-49

PART THREE The Politics of Production

CHAPTER SEVEN Tobacco

CHAPTER EIGHT Textiles

CHAPTER NINE Transport

Conclusion

Appendixes

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Character List

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

0-8047-6653-3