The rat people :: a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground /
"A shocking exploration of Beijing's notorious underground where over 1 million residents live: a sobering reminder of the human cost of capitalism. In a relatively short amount of time, China has become the second largest economy in the world and is soon poised to overtake the US. In 1978...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "A shocking exploration of Beijing's notorious underground where over 1 million residents live: a sobering reminder of the human cost of capitalism. In a relatively short amount of time, China has become the second largest economy in the world and is soon poised to overtake the US. In 1978, when China introduced its economic reforms, its GDP was 214 billion USD; in 2019, it is estimated to increase to 14 trillion USD. But the country's rapid growth was achieved on the backs and shoulders of its workforce, many of whom were peasant farmers turned into the mingong, urban migrant workers, celebrated by Mao and credited with helping China achieve its economic miracle. Now, a million of them and their descendants live underground in Beijing under inhuman conditions, where there is no light or water and little sanitation. Author Patrick Saint-Paul spent two years living among the "rat people" (shuzu) of Beijing, in a network of deep tunnels and 20,000 former bomb shelters built during the Cold War. The mingong come to Beijing from all parts of the country, in search of jobs and a better life, but they are unable to afford their own homes on their meager salaries. For them, China's dream of prosperity for all is a bitter fallacy. In The Rat People, Saint-Paul brings the individual stories of the shizu to life, creating a shocking cautionary tale about the lengths to which people will go in search of a better life, and the human cost paid in service to the modern economy."-- |
| Beschreibung: | Translation of: Le peuple des rats : dans les sous-sols interdits de la Chine. |
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| spelling | Saint-Paul, Patrick, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016112036 Peuple des rats. English The rat people : a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / Patrick Saint-Paul ; translated by David Homel. Vancouver, BC, Canada : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2020] 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Translation of: Le peuple des rats : dans les sous-sols interdits de la Chine. "A shocking exploration of Beijing's notorious underground where over 1 million residents live: a sobering reminder of the human cost of capitalism. In a relatively short amount of time, China has become the second largest economy in the world and is soon poised to overtake the US. In 1978, when China introduced its economic reforms, its GDP was 214 billion USD; in 2019, it is estimated to increase to 14 trillion USD. But the country's rapid growth was achieved on the backs and shoulders of its workforce, many of whom were peasant farmers turned into the mingong, urban migrant workers, celebrated by Mao and credited with helping China achieve its economic miracle. Now, a million of them and their descendants live underground in Beijing under inhuman conditions, where there is no light or water and little sanitation. Author Patrick Saint-Paul spent two years living among the "rat people" (shuzu) of Beijing, in a network of deep tunnels and 20,000 former bomb shelters built during the Cold War. The mingong come to Beijing from all parts of the country, in search of jobs and a better life, but they are unable to afford their own homes on their meager salaries. For them, China's dream of prosperity for all is a bitter fallacy. In The Rat People, Saint-Paul brings the individual stories of the shizu to life, creating a shocking cautionary tale about the lengths to which people will go in search of a better life, and the human cost paid in service to the modern economy."-- Provided by publisher. Translated from the original French into English. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 20, 2020). Working poor China Beijing Biography. Working class China Beijing Social conditions. Working class Housing China Beijing. Underground areas China Beijing. Rural-urban migration China Beijing. Migrant labor China Beijing Biography. Travailleurs pauvres Chine Pékin Biographies. Travailleurs Chine Pékin Conditions sociales. Travailleurs Logement Chine Pékin. Zones souterraines Chine Pékin. Exode rural Chine Pékin. Travailleurs migrants Chine Pékin Biographies. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Migrant labor fast Rural-urban migration fast Underground areas fast Working class Housing fast Working class Social conditions fast Working poor fast China Beijing fast Biographies fast Homel, David, translator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84066752 has work: The rat people (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGBWTCyjftyGf7xYwQWHJC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Saint-Paul, Patrick. Peuple des rats. English. Rat people. Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020 1551528037 9781551528038 (OCoLC)1121084039 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2281646 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Saint-Paul, Patrick The rat people : a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / Working poor China Beijing Biography. Working class China Beijing Social conditions. Working class Housing China Beijing. Underground areas China Beijing. Rural-urban migration China Beijing. Migrant labor China Beijing Biography. Travailleurs pauvres Chine Pékin Biographies. Travailleurs Chine Pékin Conditions sociales. Travailleurs Logement Chine Pékin. Zones souterraines Chine Pékin. Exode rural Chine Pékin. Travailleurs migrants Chine Pékin Biographies. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Migrant labor fast Rural-urban migration fast Underground areas fast Working class Housing fast Working class Social conditions fast Working poor fast |
| title | The rat people : a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / |
| title_alt | Peuple des rats. |
| title_auth | The rat people : a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / |
| title_exact_search | The rat people : a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / |
| title_full | The rat people : a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / Patrick Saint-Paul ; translated by David Homel. |
| title_fullStr | The rat people : a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / Patrick Saint-Paul ; translated by David Homel. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rat people : a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / Patrick Saint-Paul ; translated by David Homel. |
| title_short | The rat people : |
| title_sort | rat people a journey through beijing s forbidden underground |
| title_sub | a journey through Beijing's forbidden underground / |
| topic | Working poor China Beijing Biography. Working class China Beijing Social conditions. Working class Housing China Beijing. Underground areas China Beijing. Rural-urban migration China Beijing. Migrant labor China Beijing Biography. Travailleurs pauvres Chine Pékin Biographies. Travailleurs Chine Pékin Conditions sociales. Travailleurs Logement Chine Pékin. Zones souterraines Chine Pékin. Exode rural Chine Pékin. Travailleurs migrants Chine Pékin Biographies. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh Migrant labor fast Rural-urban migration fast Underground areas fast Working class Housing fast Working class Social conditions fast Working poor fast |
| topic_facet | Working poor China Beijing Biography. Working class China Beijing Social conditions. Working class Housing China Beijing. Underground areas China Beijing. Rural-urban migration China Beijing. Migrant labor China Beijing Biography. Travailleurs pauvres Chine Pékin Biographies. Travailleurs Chine Pékin Conditions sociales. Travailleurs Logement Chine Pékin. Zones souterraines Chine Pékin. Exode rural Chine Pékin. Travailleurs migrants Chine Pékin Biographies. HISTORY / Asia / China. Migrant labor Rural-urban migration Underground areas Working class Housing Working class Social conditions Working poor China Beijing Biographies |
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