 Chinese Societies During the Mao Era: Work and Life in the “Shanghai Small Third Front”Tomoo Marukawa ()
Chapter Chapter 11 in Studies on the Chinese Economy During the Mao Era, 2022, pp 229-248 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Several million workers and engineers moved inland from the coastal and northeastern provinces during the 1960s for the construction of the “Third Front”—a vast geographical area in China’s interior where basic and military industries were developed and constructed. They experienced the most drastic changes in their lives because the factories were situated in the valleys of mountainous regions in inland provinces to conceal them from airstrikes. This chapter explores the work and life of those who moved from Shanghai to the “Shanghai Small Third Front,” which was a huge military industry complex located in Southern Anhui province having 81 factories and facilities and 67 thousand employees. It was an isolated enclave of Shanghai in the mountainous region of Anhui province, and therefore the employees depended heavily on their firms for the provision of various services and means of living, such as residence, food, entertainment, education for children, medical care, public security, and even spouses. This chapter describes how the complex operated, how people lived there, and how the complex was closed. Date: 2022 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:stechp:978-981-19-5410-8_11 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-5410-8_11 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Studies in Economic History from Springer |
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