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Author:

Loyalka, Michelle Dammon, 1972-

Title:

Eating bitterness : stories from the front lines of China's great urban migration / Michelle Dammon Loyalka.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

264 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Rural-urban migration--China--History.
Migration, Internal--China--History.
China--Social conditions--1976-2000.
China--Social conditions--2000-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The veggie vendors -- The impenetrable knife sharpener -- The teenage beauty queens -- The ever-floating floater -- The landless landlords -- The nowhere nanny -- The opportunity spotter -- The big boss.

ISBN:

0520266501 (acid-free paper)
9780520266506 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)751922129

LCCN:

2011036187

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)