| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The politics of spatial divisions and the living environment -- The politics of nationality, ethnicity, and status : the case of the factory office -- The making of Chinese industrial workers -- Korean management in a Chinese workshop : economic globalization and the changing factory regime -- Pitfalls of globalization : local government and its impact on the factory regime -- Clash of the global and the local -- Globalizing capital and the bleak future of Chinese workers. |
| Summary |
This title draws on fieldwork in a multinational corporation (MNC) in Qingdao, China, and delves into the power dynamics at play between Korean management, Chinese migrant workers local-level Chinese government officials, and Chinese local gangs. This ethnography demonstrates how a particular MNC struggled with the pressure to be increasingly profitable while negotiating the clash of Korean and Chinese cultures traditions, and classes on the factory floor. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Corporations, South Korean -- China -- Qingdao -- Sociological aspects.
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Corporations, South Korean. |
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China -- Qingdao. |
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International business enterprises -- China -- Qingdao -- Sociological aspects.
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International business enterprises. |
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Clothing factories -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies.
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Clothing factories. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Sweatshops -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies.
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Sweatshops. |
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Industrial relations -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies.
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Industrial relations. |
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Labor and globalization -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies.
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Labor and globalization. |
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Business anthropology -- China -- Qingdao -- Case studies.
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Business anthropology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Kim, Jaesok. Chinese labor in a Korean factory. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013] 9780804784542 (DLC) 2012034936 (OCoLC)819375979 |
| ISBN |
0804786127 (electronic book) |
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9780804786126 (electronic book) |
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9780804784542 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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080478454X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
40022141351 |
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