{"product_id":"shanghai-on-strike-9780804724913","title":"Shanghai on Strike","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a comprehensive study on the social history of China during the first half of the 20th century. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980sand which have not been systematically used in Western historiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Superbly researched and tightly conceptualized. Covering the 110 years before the successful communist revolution in 1949, Perry's study gently modifies several generations of received wisdom about Chinese labor activities. . . . She combines the social scientist's passion for order with the historian's eye for compelling anecdote. . . . The result is a sophisticated, provocative, and entertaining piece of work that profoundly alters our understanding of Chinese labor.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction  Part I. The Politics of Place, 1839-1919: 1. A city of immigrants  2. South China artisans  3. North China proletarians  Part II. The Politics of Partisanship, 1919-49: 4. Heyday of radicalism, 1919-27  5. Conservative interregnum, 1927-37  6. Radical resurgence, 1937-49  Part III. The Politics of Production: 7. Tobacco  8. Textiles  9. Transport  Conclusion  Appendices.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405505962327,"sku":"9780804724913","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804724913.jpg?v=1730492153","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shanghai-on-strike-9780804724913","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}