Books in the Comparative and International Working-Class History series

Connects the rise of Chinese nationalism to the growth of a Chinese working class. This title shows how workers' refusal to be treated "like cattle and horses" (a line from an anonymous worker's poem on poor working conditions) derived from a fresh but powerfully felt sense of dignity.

Analysis of migrations-regional, interregional, continent-wide, and global-and the resulting cultural interactions and societal changes.