Workers at War: Labor in China's Arsenals, 1937-1953 Contributor(s): Howard, Joshua H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804748969 ISBN-13: 9780804748964 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2004 Annotation: " Howard does not outright refute existing interpretations but rather convincingly demonstrates that Chinese arsenal workers developed regional, class-based, and national identities simultaneously." -- CHOICE " ...[T]his readable work provides important insight into the Nationalist defence sector during the Sino-Japanese War, and is a significant contribution to the study of Chinese labour in wartime Nationalist China." -- The International History Review |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
Dewey: 331.762 |
LCCN: 2004008533 |
Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.44" W x 9.2" (1.67 lbs) 480 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Chinese |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book focuses on the lives, struggles, and contrasting perspectives of the 60,000 workers, military administrators, and technical staff employed in the largest, most strategic industry of the Nationalist government, the armaments industry based in China's wartime capital, Chongqing. |