Chinese Workers

A New History

Jackie Sheehan

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English

Routledge
19 December 2018

Social & cultural history; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions; History of ideas; Demonstrations & protest movements; Revolutionary groups & movements

Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

Jackie Sheehan traces the background and development of workers clashes with the Chinese Communist Party through mass campaigns such as the 1956-7 Hundred Flowers movement, the Cultural Revolution, the April Fifth Movement of 1976, Democracy Wall and the 1989 Democracy Movement. The author provides the most detailed and complete picture of workers protest in China to date and locates their position within the context of Chinese political history. Chinese Workers demonstrates that the image of Chinese workers as politically conformist and reliable supporters of the Communist Party does not match the realities of industrial life in China. Recent outbreaks of protest by workers are less of a departure from the past than is generally realized.

By: Jackie Sheehan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138970571
ISBN 10: 1138970573
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 19 December 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Chinese labour under ‘New Democracy’, 1949–55, 2. Contradictions among the people, 1956–7, 3. ‘Hard work and plain living’, 1958–65, 4. ‘To rebel is justified’: workers in the Cultural Revolution 1966–9, 5. ‘Long live the people’: unrest and dissent, 1969–76, 6. ‘Others are your masters’: dissent, democracy and reform, 1976–84, 7. ‘Let the whole nation know the workers are organized’, 1984–94, 8. Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Sheehan, Jackie

Reviews for Chinese Workers: A New History

"""Recommended for public and academic library collections, upper-division undergraduate and up."" -Choice, July/August '99 ""This will be a popular book with undergraduates. It has a clear, radical thesis that engages all relevant current theories and approaches. It is outstanding."" -Gregory Benton, University of Leeds"