Scattered sand : the story of China's rural migrants / Hsiao-Hung Pai ; preface by Gregor Benton.

London : Verso, 2013.

xvii, 302 pages ; 22 cm

Updated with a new preface.

Edition statement from cover page 4.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297).

Exodus: Northeast youth head for the city -- Earthquakes in bohemia: life and death in Sichuan -- Dust and heat: black mines in the Yellow River region -- The dark kilns: brickmaking in the North -- 'Bad elements': the uprooted and permanently impoverished in Shandon -- The factory of the world: recession in Guangzhou -- In the shadows of olympians: unorganized workers in Beijing -- Go west! The migration industry in rural Fujian -- Epilogue: Trouble on the new frontier: ethnic tensions in Xinjiang.