"Long known as the world's factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is also home to the largest workforce on the planet, the crucial element behind its staggering economic success. But who are China's wo…
Migrations in medieval and early colonial India
This book looks at movements of communities which formed the lower and middle rungs of society in medieval and early colonial India. It presents migration, mobility and memories from a specifically Indian perspective, breaking away from previous Eurocentric studies. The essays i…
Post-Mao market reforms in China have led to a massive migration of rural peasants toward the cities. Officially denied residency in the cities, the over 80 million members of this "floating population" provide labor for the economic boom in urban areas but are largely denied go…
"As oil-rich countries in the Middle East are increasingly associated with soaring skyscrapers and modern architecture, attention is being diverted away from the pervasive struggles of social housing in those same urban settings. Social Housing in the Middle East traces the hist…
