Chinese Working-Class Lives Getting By in Taiwan

Taiwan's working class has been shaped by Chinese tradition, by colonialism, and by rapid industrialization. This book defines that class, explores that history, and presents with sensitive honesty the life experiences of some of its women and men. Hill Gates first provides a solid and informat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gates, Hill (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2018
1987.
Series:Anthropology of contemporary issues.
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Summary:Taiwan's working class has been shaped by Chinese tradition, by colonialism, and by rapid industrialization. This book defines that class, explores that history, and presents with sensitive honesty the life experiences of some of its women and men. Hill Gates first provides a solid and informative introduction to Taiwan's history, showing how mainland China, Japan, the convulsions of twentieth-century wars, and the East Asian economic expansion interacted in forming Taiwanese urban life. She introduces nine individuals from Taiwan's three major ethnic groups to tell the stories of their lives in their own words. The narrators include a fortuneteller, a woman laborer, and a retired air force mechanic. A former spirit medium and a janitor are among the others who speak.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 256 p. :) map
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 231-250.
ISBN:9780801494611
9780801420566
9781501719912
Access:Open access