Lynda Shaffer

The Labour Movement in Hunan Province, 1920-23

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

Professor Shaffer tells the story of the fabled islands of Southeast Asia from 300 B.C., by which time their inhabitants had learned to sail the monsoon winds, to A.D. 1528, when Islam became dominant in the region. The story of Maritime Southeast Asia world during this period makes fascinating reading and is of immense significance in world history.

Maritime Southeast Asia to 1500

International City County Management Association

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Hunan Province in Its Chinese Milieu -- Central Changjiang (Yangtze) Basin -- Xiang River Valley, Selected Sites -- Chapter 1 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 -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

The Hunan Labor Movement, 1920-1923

Mao and the Workers

Xinru Liu

This first edition text examines the remarkable histories of the societies and peoples who fostered Eurasian trade and communication in the almost two millennia before 1500 C.E. A study in the early history of “globalization,” the commercial and cultural exchanges explored in this volume provide students not only with a greater knowledge of the past, but also a deeper understanding of our world today.

Connections Across Eurasia: Transportation, Communication, and Cultural Exchange on the Silk Roads

A survey of the pre-Columbian history of the eastern United States profiles three moundbuilding epochs: Poverty Point, Adena-Hopewell, and Chahokia and other Mississippian centers, and examines the subregions, outposts, and decline of the Chahokia.

Lynda Shaffer

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