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Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2001. Softcover. Very Good. 8x6x0. [NEW YORK]. Bao, Xiaolan, and Roger Daniels. "Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948-92." Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2001. English language. Softcover. Text with black and white images. 9 x 5.75 x 1 in. 23 x 14 x 2 cm. 19 oz. pp. xvi, 330. Front cover bows out. Wear on wrappers. Laminate lined on back wrapper. Red remainder mark on bottom edge. White out on first page. Text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9780252073502."In 1982, 20,000 Chinese-American garment workersââ¬âmost of them womenââ¬âwent on strike in New York City. Every Chinese garment industry employer in the city soon signed a union contract. The successful action reflected the ways women's changing positions within their families and within the workplace galvanized them…
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Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948-92 Paperback - 2006
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To this date, almost all Chinatown garment shops are contract shops.
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- Title Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948-92
- Author Xiaolan Bao
- Binding Paperback
- Edition annotated editio
- Pages 360
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press
- Date May 8, 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780252073502 / 0252073509
- Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.04 x 0.98 in (22.76 x 15.34 x 2.49 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Dewey Decimal Code 331.488
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