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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455151203321

Autore

Sheehan Jackie <1966, >

Titolo

Chinese workers : a new history / / Jackie Sheehan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-69310-9

1-134-69311-7

1-280-18226-1

0-203-00432-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in modern history of Asia

Disciplina

305.5/62//0951

Soggetti

Working class - China - History

Labor movement - China - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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