Chinese workers : a new history / / Jackie Sheehan

• Autore: Sheehan Jackie <1966, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5/62//0951
• Soggetto topico: Working class - China - History; Labor movement - China - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese workers
• ISBN: 1-134-69310-9; 1-134-69311-7; 1-280-18226-1; 0-203-00432-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455151203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia.