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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457130403321

Autore

Vautrin Minnie <1886-1941.>

Titolo

The undaunted women of Nanking [[electronic resource] ] : the wartime diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang / / edited, annotated, and translated by Hua-ling Hu, Zhang Lian-hong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-280-69696-6

9786613673923

0-8093-8561-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TsenShui-fang <1875-1969.>

HuHualing

ZhangLian-hong

Disciplina

951.04/2

Soggetti

Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - China - Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)

Women missionaries - China

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Atrocities

Electronic books.

Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) Biography

Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) History, Military 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes translation from Chinese.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Biographical sketches : Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shiu-Fang -- A note on the two diaries -- Juxtaposition--Excerpts from the two diaries, December 8, 1937, to March 1, 1938 -- Receiving refugees at Ginling College under intensifying bombardment -- Japanese occupation of Nanking--soldiers' rampage, residents' terror -- Observing holidays in a time of horror and the refugees' "goddess of mercy" -- Registration of women and the return of American and European diplomats -- Life and problems inside the Ginling camp -- The Japanese demand to close refugee camps and Vautrin's defiance -- Slowly restoring law and order, but soldiers keep searching for "Hwa Gu-Niang" -- Aftermath --



Appendix: Reports by Minnie Vautrin on the rape of Nanking from her correspondence -- A review of the first month: December 13, 1937-January 13, 1938 -- As a refugee camp : January 14-March 31, 1938.