Limin Teh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5820925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Limin Teh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Limin |
| FAMILY NAME | Teh |
| SIGNATURE | TEH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8661-047X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Chinese Workers of the World
Selda Altan’s book on the history of Chinese workers in the French colonial railway project is an important contribution to the study of Chinese labor. It engages with previously separate historiographies of Chinese labor history and Chinese migration history to deepen our understanding of how the multifaceted interactions of imperialism shaped Chinese labor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.The Yunnan-Indochina Railway was con…
Remembering Harriet Zurndorfer (1946–2026)
Harriet Zurndorfer passed away on March 18, 2026 in Leiden.Harriet arrived at Berkeley to study Chinese history in the late 1960s. Her supervisor, Frederic Wakeman, would go on to have a major infl
The Suicide of Miss Xi
Race at Work
In many ways, the vast industrial complexes that developed on the Central African Copperbelt and the Fushun coalfields in the early twentieth century were very different places. One on a high plateau stretched out across the border between what is now Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia with a sub-tropical climate; the other on the rolling foothills of Changbai Mountains in what is now Liaoning Province, northeastern China, with a humid conti…
Footbinding and Women’s Labor in Sichuan, written by Hill Gates, 2015
Labor Control and Mobility in Japanese-Controlled Fushun Coalmine (China), 1907−1932
The prevalence and persistence of labor contractors in China’s mining industry during the first half of the twentieth century is frequently attributed to foreign management’s avoidance of directly managing Chinese laborers. However, in Japanese-controlled Fushun Coalmine, Japanese management’s reliance on labor contractors over four decades (1907−1945) represented an expansion in management’s reach in labor management. In this article, I examine …
From Colonial Company Town to Industrial City
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From Colonial Company Town to Industrial City
Labor Control and Mobility in Japanese-Controlled Fushun Coalmine (China), 1907−1932
The prevalence and persistence of labor contractors in China’s mining industry during the first half of the twentieth century is frequently attributed to foreign management’s avoidance of directly managing Chinese laborers. However, in Japanese-controlled Fushun Coalmine, Japanese management’s reliance on labor contractors over four decades (1907−1945) represented an expansion in management’s reach in labor management. In this article, I examine …
Footbinding and Women’s Labor in Sichuan, written by Hill Gates, 2015
The Suicide of Miss Xi
Race at Work
In many ways, the vast industrial complexes that developed on the Central African Copperbelt and the Fushun coalfields in the early twentieth century were very different places. One on a high plateau stretched out across the border between what is now Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia with a sub-tropical climate; the other on the rolling foothills of Changbai Mountains in what is now Liaoning Province, northeastern China, with a humid conti…
Chinese Workers of the World
Selda Altan’s book on the history of Chinese workers in the French colonial railway project is an important contribution to the study of Chinese labor. It engages with previously separate historiographies of Chinese labor history and Chinese migration history to deepen our understanding of how the multifaceted interactions of imperialism shaped Chinese labor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.The Yunnan-Indochina Railway was con…
Remembering Harriet Zurndorfer (1946–2026)
Harriet Zurndorfer passed away on March 18, 2026 in Leiden.Harriet arrived at Berkeley to study Chinese history in the late 1960s. Her supervisor, Frederic Wakeman, would go on to have a major infl
China (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)