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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454622503321

Titolo

The scars of war [[electronic resource] ] : the impact of warfare on modern China / / edited by Diana Lary and Stephen MacKinnon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2001

ISBN

1-283-11157-8

9786613111579

0-7748-5006-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Chinese studies, , 1206-9523

Altri autori (Persone)

LaryDiana

MacKinnonStephen R

Disciplina

303.48/5

Soggetti

War and society - China - History - 20th century

Atrocities - China - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

China Social conditions 1912-1949

China Social conditions 1949-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Illustrations; and Tables; Preface; Scars of War; Introduction; Ravaged by a string of wars; 1 Burn, Kill, Rape, and Rob: Military Atrocities, Warlordism, and Anti- Warlordism in Republican China; The people are plunged into an abyss of misery; 2 The Pacification of Jiading; The people are plunged into the depths of suffering; 3 Atrocities in Nanjing: Searching for Explanations; The family is destroyed and the people are lost and gone; 4 A Ravaged Place: The Devastation of the Xuzhou Region, 1938; Destitute and homeless

5 Refugee Flight at the Outset of the Anti- Japanese WarThe turmoil and chaos of war; 6 The Politics of Commemoration: A Comparative Analysis of the Fiftieth- Anniversary Commemoration in Mainland China and Taiwan of the Victory in the Anti- Japanese War; Separated from one's wife, one's children scattered; 7 Between Martyrdom and Mischief: The Political and Social Predicament of CCP War Widows and Veterans, 1949- 66; Glossary; Bibliography; Contributors; Index