{"product_id":"a-floating-city-of-peasants-floris-jan-van-luyn-9781595581389","title":"A Floating City of Peasants: The Great Migration in Contemporary China","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe largest human migration in history is taking place in China today--incredibly, off the radar of the world's major media. Since the 1990s, at least 120 million Chinese peasants have left the countryside for big cities to work in factories, on construction sites, in catering and prostitution--typically without even the most basic rights or protections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Floating City of Peasants\u003c\/i\u003e, Floris-Jan van Luyn--who spent six years reporting from China for a daily newspaper--relates the remarkable tales of migrant workers who have helped fuel the explosive growth of the People's Republic. In a series of a dozen remarkably intimate portraits illuminated by wide-ranging reporting, we meet Xiao Li, a prostitute, who sends her little girl to the best school in Chongqing; Chunming who stole money from his parents to pay for the long trip to Beijing and found work on a garbage dump; L song, who campaigned for a village school and against corrupt government employees and, as a result, was tortured almost to death; and others with equally gripping stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevealing the dark side of the Chinese economic miracle in words and striking pictures, this book documents an historic turning point in the life of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Floris-Jan Van Luyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595581383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595581389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 6.46w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/17\/2007 pg. 47","brand":"Floris-Jan Van Luyn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46545734303999,"sku":"9781595581389","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3412f7e3-74eb-433e-8a8d-337caa5ee4c9.jpg?v=1738183192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-floating-city-of-peasants-floris-jan-van-luyn-9781595581389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}