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Eating bitterness [[electronic resource] ] : stories from the front lines of China's great urban migration / / Michelle Dammon Loyalka



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Autore: Loyalka Michelle Dammon <1972-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Eating bitterness [[electronic resource] ] : stories from the front lines of China's great urban migration / / Michelle Dammon Loyalka Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina: 307.2/40951
Soggetto topico: Rural-urban migration - China - History
Migration, Internal - China - History
Soggetto geografico: China Social conditions 1976-2000
China Social conditions 2000-
Soggetto non controllato: asian studies
china
chinese culture and traditions
chinese culture
chinese economy
chinese family life
chinese labor
chinese oppression
chinese philosophers
chinese politics
chinese tradition
confucianism
history
how to create national change
how to endure hardships
labor laws
learning about chinese history
leisure reads
national transformation
overcome difficulties
problems in china
production in china
urban centers in china
vacation reads
whats it like to live in china
Note generali: "Philip E. Lilienthal book."
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: The veggie vendors -- The impenetrable knife sharpener -- The teenage beauty queens -- The ever-floating floater -- The landless landlords -- The nowhere nanny -- The opportunity spotter -- The big boss.
Sommario/riassunto: Every year over 200 million peasants flock to China's urban centers, providing a profusion of cheap labor that helps fuel the country's staggering economic growth. Award-winning journalist Michelle Dammon Loyalka follows the trials and triumphs of eight such migrants-including a vegetable vendor, an itinerant knife sharpener, a free-spirited recycler, and a cash-strapped mother-offering an inside look at the pain, self-sacrifice, and uncertainty underlying China's dramatic national transformation. At the heart of the book lies each person's ability to "eat bitterness"-a term that roughly means to endure hardships, overcome difficulties, and forge ahead. These stories illustrate why China continues to advance, even as the rest of the world remains embroiled in financial turmoil. At the same time, Eating Bitterness demonstrates how dealing with the issues facing this class of people constitutes China's most pressing domestic challenge.
Titolo autorizzato: Eating bitterness  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-11657-9
9786613520869
0-520-95203-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778959303321
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