本书是由吕国光编写的《中国农民大迁徙:农民工口述实录》英文版,其内容提要如下: Many people look down on
our misrant workers. But society is a big family. If I do not adapt
myself to it, I will never be accepted. I think the best thing I
can do is to keep away from bad things. I have been away from home
for several years,but I have never been homesick. It is strange.
Perhaps it is because I know I still have a Ion8 road to travel
before going home.
內容簡介:
本书是由吕国光编写的《中国农民大迁徙:农民工口述实录》英文版
。《中国农民大迁徙:农民工口述实录》英文版的内容提要如下: This remarkable book reveals the
human cost of China''s staggering growth, not in statistics but in
the p[ain, unvarnished stories of China''s migrant worke, who, for
more than two decades, have journeyed from the provinces, flooding
into China''s urban cente, fueling the fires that drive its engines
of urban growth and economic expaion. From factory worke to neon
sign make to starry-eyed entrepreneu, here are the hopes, dreams,
triumphs, and heartbreaking tragedies of several generatio of
migrant worke. A must-read for those interested in contemporary
China studies, orat histories, labor history, and emerging global
economies.
目錄:
Preface
A Family of Rural Migrant Worke
Narrator 1: Old Du, male, 53, from Ducheng Town of Huanggang City,
Hubei Province
Job: bamboo chopstick maker
Work place: Guiyang, Guizhou Province
Narrator2: Du Jianguo, male, 22, fi t child of Old Du
Job: hair salon assistant
Work place: Wenzhou, Zheiiang Province
Narrator3: Du Jianhong, female, 19, adopted child of Old Du
Job: shoe factory worker
Workplace: Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province
Tale of a Couple: Twenty Yea of Toil
Narrator 1: Yang Shuangshuang, male, 46, from Huangpi District of
Wuhan City, Hubd Province
Job: road builder - food stallholder - truck driver
Workplace: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region - Wuhan
Narrator 2: Wang Qianlan, female, 42, wife of Yang
Shuangshuang
Job: waste recycler
Work place: Wenzhou, Wuhan
Two Yea in Shenzhen
Narrator: Zhang Xiaolan, female, 39, from Niefan Village of
Jingmen City, Hubei
Province
Job: worker in a toy factory
Work place: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
Making Better Neon Sig
Narrator: Zhang Tieniu, male, 22, from Xiaoxi Yeying Village of
Hengshui City, Hebei
Province
Job: welder - flyer distributor - neon sign maker
Work place: Hengshui, Hebei Province
I Have Never Been Homesick
Narrator: Zhang Sheng, male, 20, from Qingxiu District of Nanning
City, Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region
Job: hotel attendant - warehouse i pector - supervisor of leather
bag processing
Work place: Dongguan, Guangdong Province
Can I Ever Go Back to My Studies?
Narrator: Tao Fang, female, 20, from Qichun County of Huanggang
City, Hubei
Province
Job: worker in a flax mill - waitress - worker in a clothing
factory
Workplace: in town - Shanghai - Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
Working around China
Narrator: Zhao Fangshuan, male, 23, from Zhaoxin Village in
Hengshui City, Hebei
Province
Job: road roller driver - maintenance pe onnel - wedding cameraman
- road worker
Work place: Beijing - Dongguan, Guangdong Province - Hangzhou,
Zhejiang Province -
Shuozhou, Shanxi Province - Hengshui, Hebei Province
I Don''t Belong to the South
Narrator: Wu Xiaolong, male, 19, from Hongan County of Huanggang
City, Hubei
Province
Job: auto mechanic - worker in a diamond factory - worker in a
shoe factory
Workplace: Wuhan, Hubei Province - Shenzhen, Guangdong
Province
To Be an Independent Woman
Narrator: Xiao Xiaohong, female, 27, from Qijiang Town of Longhui
County, Hunan
Province
Job: warehouse keeper - secretary - clerk
Workplace: Guangzhou - Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
From Decoration Worker to Boss
Narrator: Xu Dehua, male, 35, from Hefan Village of Xishui County,
Huanggang City,
Hubei Province
Job: decoration worker - boss of a decoration company
Workplace: Xi''an, Shaanxi Province
A Life Combining Work and Study
Narrator: Zheng Bo, male, 35, from Wangren Town, Huangshi City,
Hubei Province
Job: porter - manager - student of a night unive ity
Work place: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
My Grandpa
Narrator: Chen Fei, male, 20, from Jidian Village in Xiaochang
County, Hubei Province
Job of grandpa: waste collector
Workplace of grandpa: Wuhan, Hubei Province
Still a Migrant Worker in My 60s
Narrator: Fu Yunlal, male, 63, from Liizhai County, Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous
Region
Job: co truction worker - stevedore - shipment worker -
vendor
Work place: Dongguan - Shenzhen - Zhuhai in Guangdong, Nanning -
Liuzhou in
Guangxi
I Choose to Return to School
Narrator: Wu Ting, female, 22, from Jianii County, Hubei
Province
Job: packer
Work place: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
Postscript
Migrant Life: A Compendium of Photos