On the margins of the "economic miracle": Non english-literate Chinese factory workers in Singapore, 1980-90

Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 466-493

  Koh Wee Song, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese factory workers; Chinese working class life; Literacy in Singapore; Oral history; Singapore history

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ENTREPRENEUR; LITERACY; MARKET TRANSITION; STATE BUILDING;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

TAXUS;

EID: 34248648794     PISSN: 05638682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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