Books by Elizabeth Perry

This book, drawing upon a wealth of inaccessible archival sources, offers the first in-depth study of Chinese labor activism during the momentous upheaval of the Cultural Revolution in Shanghai. It explores three distinctive forms of working-class protest: rebellion, conservatism and economism.

"This pathbreaking book offers the first in-depth study of Chinese labor activism during the momentous upheaval of the Cultural Revolution. Arguing that labor was working at cross purposes, the authors"