Building China: Informal Work And The New Precariat - 9780801456930

In Building China, 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.

• | Author: Sarah Swider
• | Publisher: Ilr Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 15, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0801456932
• | ISBN-13: 9780801456930