Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China [1st ed] 9780385528528, 0385528523

Going out -- The city -- To die poor is a sin -- The talent market -- Factory girls -- The stele with no name -- Square

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English Pages (420 pages) : map Year 2008

Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China [1st ed]
9780385528528, 0385528523

Author / Uploaded
Chang
Leslie T

Table of contents :
Going out --
The city --
To die poor is a sin --
The talent market --
Factory girls --
The stele with no name --
Square and round --
Eight-minute date --
Assembly-line English --
The village --
The historian in my family --
The South China mall --
Love and money --
The tomb of the emperor --
Perfect health.

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