{"product_id":"building-china-9780801454158","title":"Building China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBuilding China\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three migrants, managers, and labor contractors. Her ethnography focuses on the work, family, and social lives of construction workers in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributions of \u003ci\u003eBuilding China\u003c\/i\u003e are vast. Swider's call for a new language for under- standing informal labor is important and refreshing: it points toward new directions of inquiry in a field of labor studies that has fallen out of academic vogue in a political moment when it is most needed.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Julia Chuang, Boston College * Industrial Labor Relations Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Building China and the Making of a New Working Class2. The Hukou System, Migration, and the Construction Industry3. Mediated Employment: A City of Walls4. Embedded Employment: A City of Villages5. Individual Employment: A City of Violence6. Protest and Organizing among Informal Workers under Restrictive Regimes7. Informal Precarious Workers, Protests, and Precarious Authoritarianism\u003ci\u003eAppendix A.\u003c\/i\u003e Methods, Sampling, and Access\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAppendix B.\u003c\/i\u003e List of Construction Sites\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAppendix C.\u003c\/i\u003e List of Interviews\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405143908695,"sku":"9780801454158","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801454158.jpg?v=1730488867","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/building-china-9780801454158","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}