Mao Zedong and Workers: The Labour Movement in Hunan Province, 1920-23 The Labour Movement in Hunan Province, 1920-23 Routledge Revivals Series

This title was first published in 1982: Mao Zedong, a man whose name has become inseparably linked with peasant revolution, actually began his career as a Communist in an apparently orthodox way, as an organizer of urban labor. A study charting Maos' background, his influence in the beginnings of the labor movement, a number of significant worker's strikes and conclusions.

Introduction Chapter 2 The Setting: Hunan, Its Elite, and Mao Chapter 3 The Beginnings of the Labor Movement Chapter 4 The Anyuan Railroad Workers and Miners’ Strike Chapter 5 The Construction Workers’ Strike Chapter 6 The Lead-Type Compositors and Printers’ Strike Chapter 7 The Shuikoushan Lead and Zinc Miners’ Strike Chapter 8 Conclusion.

Lynda N. Shaffer received a B.A. from the University öf Texas at Austin. She received a Masters degree from the School of International Affairs and a Certificate from the East Asian Institute, and her Ph.D. in East Asian history, from Columbia University. Since 1972 she has been teaching the histories of China, Japan, and Korea at Tufts University. Her publications include a number of articles on twentieth century Chinese labor history, and her re search interests include labor history, the political career of Mao Zedong, and international relations in both the medieval and modern worlds.