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Class of 2016 Reading
All members of the Hood College Class of 2016 will read “Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China” by Leslie Chang. China has 150 million migrant workers—the largest migration in human history, most of whom are women. The author is one of the few who have penetrated the lives of those who leave their homes to work in China’s sprawling factory cities, laboring countless hours to provide us with the manufactured goods we take for granted. Chang uses the experiences of these “factory girls” to explore how the mass movement from rural villages to cities is remaking individual lives and transforming Chinese society.About The Author
Leslie T. Chang lived in China for a decade as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, specializing in stories that explored how socioeconomic change is transforming institutions and individuals. A graduate of Harvard University with a degree in American History and Literature, Chang has also worked as a journalist in the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. She was raised outside New York City by immigrant parents who forced her to attend Saturday-morning Chinese school, for which she is now grateful.
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Losing Touch
As of December 2011, there were 331.6 million wireless subscriber connections in the U.S. according to industry tradegroup CTIA – The Wireless Association (1). By a growing margin, more telephone numbers ring through to mobile phones than to land lines … Continue reading
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The Cultural Revolution–Some Background
In the story of her family’s history in Factory Girls, Leslie T. Chang provides an overview of the turbulent history of China in the twentieth century. Among the events she narrates is the Cultural Revolution, during which her grandfather’s tomb … Continue reading
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Thinking About the Book
Now that you have downloaded your copy of Factory Girls by Leslie Chang, I would like to invite you to hear listen to an NPR (National Public Radio) interview with the author. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95691866 I believe you will find that the … Continue reading
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