Holding up more than half the sky: chinese women garment workers in new york city, 1948-92
Auteur :
Bao, Xiaolan
Éditeur :
University of Illinois Press
ISBN :
9780252073502
Date de publication :
22 févr. 2006
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
513 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In 1982, 20,000 Chinese American garment workers - mostly women - went on strike in New York's Chinatown and forced Chinese garment industry employers in the city to sign a union contract. This study explains how this militancy and organized protest, seemingly so at odds with traditional Chinese female behavior, came about.