Gilles Guiheux is Professor at Université Paris Cité (France). A China specialist, he works on economic sociology and the sociology of labor. His most recent research focuses on Chinese garment workers. His publications include Contemporary China: 1919 to the Present (2023) and, with Eric Florence, a special issue of Le Mouvement social on “Labour Regimes in China” (2023/4).Bernard Thomann is Professor at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco, Paris), and Director of the Institut français de recherches sur l'Asie de l'Est, where he conducts research on the history of labor and social policies in contemporary Japan. He is the author of La Naissance de l'Etat social japonais. Biopolitique, travail et citoyenneté dans le Japon impérial (1868–1945) (2015), Le Salarié et l'entreprise dans le Japon contemporain. Formes, genèse et mutations d'une relation de dépendance, 1868–1999 (2008).

• Introduction Chapter 1 Payslips: Personal records to explore labour conditions Chapter 2 The working-class household economy: frugality, discipline and strategies Chapter 3 Finding a voice: worker demands for recognition Chapter 4 A regulated class struggle? Minimum wage policies in a growth regime Chapter 5 In the name of human value. Religion and ethics in the business world General Conclusion

Gilles Guiheux is Professor at Université Paris Cité (France). A China specialist, he works on economic sociology and the sociology of labor. His most recent research focuses on Chinese garment workers. His publications include Contemporary China: 1919 to the Present (2023) and, with Eric Florence, a special issue of Le Mouvement social on “Labour Regimes in China” (2023/4).Bernard Thomann is Professor at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco, Paris), and Director of the Institut français de recherches sur l'Asie de l'Est, where he conducts research on the history of labor and social policies in contemporary Japan. He is the author of La Naissance de l'Etat social japonais. Biopolitique, travail et citoyenneté dans le Japon impérial (1868–1945) (2015), Le Salarié et l'entreprise dans le Japon contemporain. Formes, genèse et mutations d'une relation de dépendance, 1868–1999 (2008).

• Introduction Chapter 1 Payslips: Personal records to explore labour conditions Chapter 2 The working-class household economy: frugality, discipline and strategies Chapter 3 Finding a voice: worker demands for recognition Chapter 4 A regulated class struggle? Minimum wage policies in a growth regime Chapter 5 In the name of human value. Religion and ethics in the business world General Conclusion

Gilles Guiheux is Professor at Université Paris Cité (France). A China specialist, he works on economic sociology and the sociology of labor. His most recent research focuses on Chinese garment workers. His publications include Contemporary China: 1919 to the Present (2023) and, with Eric Florence, a special issue of Le Mouvement social on “Labour Regimes in China” (2023/4).Bernard Thomann is Professor at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco, Paris), and Director of the Institut français de recherches sur l'Asie de l'Est, where he conducts research on the history of labor and social policies in contemporary Japan. He is the author of La Naissance de l'Etat social japonais. Biopolitique, travail et citoyenneté dans le Japon impérial (1868–1945) (2015), Le Salarié et l'entreprise dans le Japon contemporain. Formes, genèse et mutations d'une relation de dépendance, 1868–1999 (2008).

• Introduction Chapter 1 Payslips: Personal records to explore labour conditions Chapter 2 The working-class household economy: frugality, discipline and strategies Chapter 3 Finding a voice: worker demands for recognition Chapter 4 A regulated class struggle? Minimum wage policies in a growth regime Chapter 5 In the name of human value. Religion and ethics in the business world General Conclusion