TY - BOOK TI - The Workers of Tianjin, 1900-1949 AU - Hershatter, Gail AB - This is the story of the workers of Tianjin (Tientsin) and how, in the first half of the 20th century, they helped shape Tianjin's identity as the major industrial centre of North China. This text should be of interest to students of the period covered, and also to those students of Communist China who wish to understand the antecedents of China's current urban society and trace the roots of powerful continuities. The book offers a wealth of detail on material life, forms of entertainment, local festivals and individual rites of passage and makes use of studies of the local economy carried out by contemporaries and in the People's Republic. The Workers of Tianjin is a contribution to both Chinese labour history and urban history. DA - 1993/08/01/ PY - 1993 DP - Google Books SP - 332 LA - en PB - Stanford University Press SN - 978-0-8047-2216-2 KW - Chinese Business History KW - History / Asia / China KW - History / Asia / General KW - Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations ER -