| Re-Drawing Boundaries |
| Contents |
| [Map] |
| PREFACE |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
 | Introduction |
 | 1. Perspectives on Work |
| 1. Work and Household in Chinese Culture |
| 2. Re-Drawing the Boundaries of Work |
| 3. What Is Work? |
| 4. The Changing Meanings of Work in China |
| 2. Recent Trends in Gender and Inequality |
| 5. Local Meanings of Gender and Work in Rural Shaanxi in the 1950s |
| 6. Iron Girls Revisited |
| 7. Wage and Job Inequalities in the Working Lives of Men and Women in Tianjin |
| 8. Gender Differentials in Economic Success |
| 9. The Perils of Assessing Trends in Gender Inequality in China |
| 3. Gender and Migration |
| 10. The Interplay of Gender, Space, and Work in China's Floating Population |
| 11. Interconnections among Gender, Work, and Migration |
| 12. Migration, Gender, and Labor Force in Hubei Province, 1985–1990 |
| 13. Gendered Migration and the Migration of Genders in Contemporary China |
| 4. Households and Work |
| 14. Reconfiguring Shanghai Households |
| 15. Household Economies in Transitional Times |
| 16. Understanding the Social Inequality System and Family and Household Dynamics in China |
| Conclusion |
| GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS |
| REFERENCES |
| CONTRIBUTORS |
| INDEX |