On the move
Subtitle: women and rural-to-urban migration in contemporary China
By: edited by Arianne M. Gaetano and Tamara Jacka
Contributors: Gaetano, Arianne M; Jacka, Tamara, 1965-
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Rural women -- China -- Social conditions; Migration, Internal -- China; China -- Social conditions -- 1976-
Other titles: Women and rural-to-urban migration in contemporary China
Description: 'On the Move' looks at the fate of women in recent rural-urban migration in China. An estimated 100 million people have moved into China's cities since the beginning of economic modernization, often to work for the lowest wages in hazardous occupations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-336) and index