Building China : informal work and the new precariat /
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| Author / Creator: | Swider, Sarah Christine, author. |
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| Imprint: | Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2015. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11055081 |
| Summary: | In Building China , Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three migrants, managers, and labor contractors. Her ethnography focuses on the work, family, and social lives of construction workers in China. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501701726 150170172X 9780801454158 0801454158 9780801456930 0801456932 |