| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : map |
| Contents |
Introduction / Gail E. Henderson and Barbara Entwisle. -- Work and household in Chinese culture: historical perspectives / Susan Mann. -- Re-drawing the boundaries at work: views on the meaning of work (Gongzuo) / Gail E. Henderson [and others] -- What is work? Comparative perspectives from the social sciences / Rachel A. Rosenfeld. -- The changing meanings of work in China / Stevan Harrell. -- Local meanings of gender and work in rural Shaanxi in the 1950s / Gail Hershatter. -- Iron girls revisited: gender and the politics of work in the Cultural Revolution, 1966-76 / Emily Honig. -- Wage and job inequalities in the working lives of men and women in Tianjin / Yanjie Bian, John R. Logan, and Xiaoling Shu. -- Gender differentials in economic success: rural China in 1991 / Ethan Michelson and William L. Parish. -- The perils of assessing trends in gender inequality in China / Martin King Whyte. -- The interplay of gender, space, and work in China's floating population / Li Zhang. -- Interconnection among gender, work, and migration: evidence from Zhejiang Province / Xiushi Yang. -- Migration, gender, and labor force in Hubei Province, 1985-1990 / Sidney Goldstein, Zai Liang, and Alice Goldstein. -- Gendered migration and the migration of genders in contemporary China / Wang Feng. -- Reconfiguring Shanghai households / Deborah S. Davis. -- Household economies in transitional times / Barbara Entwisle [and others] -- Understanding the social inequality system and family and household dynamics in China / Nan Lin. -- Conclusion: Re-drawing boundaries / Barbara Entwisle and Gail E. Henderson |
| Summary |
Annotation Representing the culmination of more than a decade of empirical research in post-Mao China, this collection of essays explores changes in the nature of work in relation to changes in households, migration patterns, and gender roles during an era of economic reform. The contributors are respected scholars in fields that range from history and anthropology to demography and sociology. They use a variety of data and diverse approaches to gauge the impact of new economic opportunities on Chinese households and to show how the rise of the private sector, the industrialization of the countryside, and increased migration have affected Chinese workers and workplaces. The collection also asks us to consider how gender roles have been redefined by the economic and institutional changes that arose from post-Mao market reform |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-331) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Labor -- China -- Congresses
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Sex discrimination in employment -- China -- Congresses
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Labor
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Sex discrimination in employment
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China
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Entwisle, Barbara
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Henderson, Gail, 1949-
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| ISBN |
9780520923829 |
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0520923820 |
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0585389802 |
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9780585389806 |
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0520220900 |
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9780520220904 |
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0520220919 |
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9780520220911 |
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1597348562 |
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9781597348560 |
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