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Factory Girls, Paperback / softback Book

Factory Girls Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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CHINA HAS 130 MILLION MIGRANT WORKERS-THE LARGEST MIGRATION IN HUMAN HISTORY.

IN FACTORY GIRLS, LESLIE T. CHANG, A FORMER CORRESPONDENT FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IN BEIJING, TELLS THE STORY OF THESE WORKERS PRIMARILY THROUGH THE LIVES OF TWO YOUNG WOMEN, WHOM SHE FOLLOWS OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS AS THEY ATTEMPT TO RISE FROM THE ASSEMBLY LINES OF DONGGUAN, AN INDUSTRIAL CITY IN CHINAS PEARL RIVER DELTA.

AS SHE TRACKS THEIR LIVES, CHANG PAINTS A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PICTURE OF MIGRANT LIFE-A WORLD WHERE NEARLY EVERYONE IS UNDER THIRTY; WHERE YOU CAN LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND AND YOUR FRIENDS WITH THE LOSS OF A MOBILE PHONE; WHERE A FEW COMPUTER OR ENGLISH LESSONS CAN CATAPULT YOU INTO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASS.

CHANG TAKES US INSIDE A SNEAKER FACTORY SO LARGE THAT IT HAS ITS OWN HOSPITAL, MOVIE THEATER, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT; TO POSH KARAOKE BARS THAT ARE FRONTS FOR PROSTITUTION; TO MAKESHIFT ENGLISH CLASSES WHERE STUDENTS SHAVE THEIR HEADS IN MONKLIKE DEVOTION AND SIT DAY AFTER DAY IN FRONT OF MACHINES WATCHING ENGLISH WORDS FLASH BY; AND BACK TO A FARMING VILLAGE FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR, REVEALING THE POVERTY AND IDLENESS OF RURAL LIFE THAT DRIVE YOUNG GIRLS TO LEAVE HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THROUGHOUT THIS RIVETING PORTRAIT, CHANG ALSO INTERWEAVES THE STORY OF HER OWN FAMILY'S MIGRATIONS, WITHIN CHINA AND TO THE WEST, PROVIDING HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL FRAMES OF REFERENCE FOR HER INVESTIGATION.

A BOOK OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT PROVIDES NEW INSIGHT INTO CHINA, FACTORY GIRLS DEMONSTRATES HOW THE MASS MOVEMENT FROM RURAL VILLAGES TO CITIES IS REMAKING INDIVIDUAL LIVES AND TRANSFORMING CHINESE SOCIETY, MUCH AS IMMIGRATION TO AMERICAS SHORES REMADE OUR OWN COUNTRY A CENTURY AGO. छाग यानी तयाचया कटबाचया चीनअतरगत सथलातराची आणि तयानतर पशचिमकडचया सथलातराची कहाणी कशलतन गफली आह. चीनमधय अदाज १३ कोटी सथलातरित कामगार आहत. तयापकी जवळजवळ सगळच तिशीचया आतल आहत. फकटरी गरलस पसतकामधय लसली टी. छाग यानी परामखयान दोन तरणीची जीवनकथा उलगडन या कामगाराची कहाणी माडली आह. तोगकआन या औदयोगिक शहरामधय या दोघी तरणी करिअरमधय असमबली लाइनपासन मोठी झप घणयाचया परयतनात असतानाचया तीन वरषातला तयाचा जीवनसघरष लखिकन तयाचया सोबत राहन परतयकष अनभवला. छाग यानी सवतःच रगणालय असलला महाकाय सनीकर कारखाना, विदयारथी अतिशय समरपणान शिकत असलल इगरजीच वरग, आणि मलीना घर सोडन बाहर पडायला लावणारी गरिबी आणि रिकामपणान गरासलली शतीपरधान गाव अशा ठिकाणाची सफर आपलयाला घडवली आह. जागतिक सतरावर अतिशय महततवाच असलल फकटरी गरलस ह पसतक, ग

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