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Fast Boat to China

Fast Boat to China
Fast Boat to China
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Book Specifications

SKUID
:
G-529
ISBN
:
9781400095544
Published Year
:
2006
Author
:
Andrew Ross
Publisher
:
Vintage Books
Book Condition
:
Used Good
Condition Note
:
This used book is in good condition.
Book Binding Type
:
Paper Back
Language
:
English
No. of Pages
:
306
Dimensions
:
20 x 13 cm
Availability
:
In Stock

Book Description

Most Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America. Yet few people know much about the other end — about the people who are actually working these jobs and how their own lives have been throw into tumult by these new economic forces. Andrew Ross spent a year in China, interviewing local employees and their managers in Taiwan, Shanghai, and the far western provinces. In this engaging and informative book, he shows how the Chinese workforce has inherited many of the same worries as American workers, such as job instability, long hours, and awareness of their own expendability. He reports on the daily reality of corporate free trade and explores the growing competition between China and India. This is an eye-opening exploration of an unseen side of our globalized world.