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CHAPTER 1 Introduction

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© 2022 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Figures and Tables viii
  5. CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
  6. CHAPTER 2 Methods: Reflections on the Field 20
  7. CHAPTER 3 On Factory Daughters and the Culture of the Workplace 34
  8. CHAPTER 4 The Sewing Plants: Scenes from the Social Arena 51
  9. CHAPTER 5 The Seamstresses: In Motion Toward Reconstructing Work and Life 97
  10. CHAPTER 6 The Supervisors: Go-Betweens 133
  11. CHAPTER 7 The Managers: Embodying a Double System 166
  12. CHAPTER 8 Out with the Old and In with the Hi-Tex 203
  13. CHAPTER 9 Conclusion 219
  14. Notes 233
  15. Notes 253
  16. Index 271
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804764407-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Figures and Tables viii
  5. CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
  6. CHAPTER 2 Methods: Reflections on the Field 20
  7. CHAPTER 3 On Factory Daughters and the Culture of the Workplace 34
  8. CHAPTER 4 The Sewing Plants: Scenes from the Social Arena 51
  9. CHAPTER 5 The Seamstresses: In Motion Toward Reconstructing Work and Life 97
  10. CHAPTER 6 The Supervisors: Go-Betweens 133
  11. CHAPTER 7 The Managers: Embodying a Double System 166
  12. CHAPTER 8 Out with the Old and In with the Hi-Tex 203
  13. CHAPTER 9 Conclusion 219
  14. Notes 233
  15. Notes 253
  16. Index 271
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