Singing on the river : : Sichuan boatmen and their work songs, 1880s - 1930s / / by Igor Iwo Chabrowski.

Singing on the River by Igor Chabrowski, based on Sichuan boatmen’s work songs ( haozi ), explores the little known world of mentality and self-representation of Chinese workers from the late 19th century until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937). Chabrowski demonstrates how river wo...

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Superior document:China studies ; v. 32
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2015]
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:China Studies 32.
Physical Description:1 online resource (331 p.)
Notes:"Revised and enlarged version of an EUI Ph.D. thesis 'Tied to a boat by the sound of a gong' : world, work and society seen through the work songs of Sichuan Boatmen (1880s-1930s)" -- Title page verso.
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