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Scattered Sand: The Story of China’s Rural Migrants
Hsiao-Hung Pai
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Description for Scattered Sand: The Story of China’s Rural Migrants
Paperback. Firsthand report on the largest migration in human history Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
Each year, 200 million workers from China's vast rural interior travel between cities and provinces in search of employment: the largest human migration in history. This indispensable army of labour accounts for half of China's GDP, but is an unorganized workforce-'scattered sand', in Chinese parlance-and the most marginalized and impoverished group of workers in the country. For two years, the award-winning journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai traveled across China visiting labourers on Olympic construction sites, in the coal mines and brick kilns of the Yellow River region, and at the factories of the Pearl River Delta. She witnessed the outcome of the ... Read more
Each year, 200 million workers from China's vast rural interior travel between cities and provinces in search of employment: the largest human migration in history. This indispensable army of labour accounts for half of China's GDP, but is an unorganized workforce-'scattered sand', in Chinese parlance-and the most marginalized and impoverished group of workers in the country. For two years, the award-winning journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai traveled across China visiting labourers on Olympic construction sites, in the coal mines and brick kilns of the Yellow River region, and at the factories of the Pearl River Delta. She witnessed the outcome of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
409g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781680902
SKU
V9781781680902
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hsiao-Hung Pai
Hsiao-Hung Pai is a freelance journalist, whose report on the Morecambe Bay tragedy for the Guardian was made into the film Ghosts. Her book on undocumented Chinese immigrants in Britain, Chinese Whispers, was shortlisted for the Orwell Book Prize in 2009. She lives in London. Gregor Benton is Professor Emeritus of Chinese History at Cardiff. He has published ... Read more
Reviews for Scattered Sand: The Story of China’s Rural Migrants
Hsiao-Hung Pai's intrepid journalism is one of the most revealing guides to contemporary China.
Pankaj Mishra, author of From the Ruins of Empire The product of thorough reporting among China's most marginalised citizens shows what can be discovered despite official obstruction.
New Statesmen
Scattered Sand captures the sadness, resilience and anger of China's millions of internal and ... Read more
Pankaj Mishra, author of From the Ruins of Empire The product of thorough reporting among China's most marginalised citizens shows what can be discovered despite official obstruction.
New Statesmen
Scattered Sand captures the sadness, resilience and anger of China's millions of internal and ... Read more