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Author Honig, Emily.

Title Sisters and strangers : women in the Shanghai cotton mills, 1919-1949 = [Shang-hai sha chʻang nü kung] / Emily Honig
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1986

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 MELB  331.4877210951 HON-S  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 299 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Contents 1. The Warp and Weft of Shanghai History 9 -- 2. Inside the Mills 41 -- 3. Origins of the Workers 57 -- 4. Making Connections 79 -- 5. Contract Labor 94 -- 6. The Working Day 132 -- 7. Working Lives 166 -- 8. Visions of Change 202
Notes Parallel title in Chinese characters
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index
Notes Parallel title in Chinese characters
Subject Labor unions -- Political activity -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.
Women textile workers -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024014
Shanghai (China) -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116943
LC no. 84051711
ISBN 0804712743 alkaline paper
0804720126
9780804712743 alkaline paper
9780804720120
Other Titles Shang-hai sha ch̀ang nu kung
Shang-hai sha chʻang nü kung