Chang, Leslie T.

Factory girls : from village to city in a changing China / Leslie T. Chang. - 1st ed. - New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2008. - 420 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-416).

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.

Examines the lives of female migrant factory workers in China, focusing on the experiences of two young women and including the author's story of her family's migration within China and to the West.

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Manufacturing industries--Employees--China.
Migrant labor--China.
Young women--Employment--China.
Manufacturing industries--Employees.--China
Migrant labor--China.
Young women--Employment.--China

HD9734.C55 / C53 2008

331.4/0951