Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (264 p.))
,
ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781280116575
Content:
Every year over 200 million peasants flock to China's urban centers, providing a profusion of cheap labor that helps fuel the country's staggering economic growth. Award-winning journalist Michelle Dammon Loyalka follows the trials and triumphs of eight such migrants--including a vegetable vendor, an itinerant knife sharpener, a free-spirited recycler, and a cash-strapped mother--offering an inside look at the pain, self-sacrifice, and uncertainty underlying China's dramatic national transformation. At the heart of the book lies each person's ability to "eat bitterness"--a term that roughly means to endure hardships, overcome difficulties, and forge ahead. These stories illustrate why China continues to advance, even as the rest of the world remains embroiled in financial turmoil. At the same time, Eating Bitterness demonstrates how dealing with the issues facing this class of people constitutes China's most pressing domestic challenge.
Content:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Veggie Vendors -- 2. The Impenetrable Knife Sharpener -- 3. The Teenage Beauty Queens -- 4. The Ever-Floating Floater -- 5. The Landless Landlords -- 6. The Nowhere Nanny -- 7. The Opportunity Spotter -- 8. The Big Boss -- Epilogue -- Research Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520266506
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Loyalka, Michelle Dammon, 1972 - Eating bitterness Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : Univ. of California Press, 2012 ISBN 9780520266506
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520266501
Language:
English
Keywords:
China
;
Landflucht
;
Wanderarbeit
;
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
