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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778485803321

Autore

MacKinnon Stephen R

Titolo

Wuhan, 1938 [[electronic resource] ] : war, refugees, and the making of modern China / / Stephen R. MacKinnon ; includes photographs by Robert Capa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-35941-X

9786612359415

0-520-93460-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CapaRobert <1913-1954.>

Disciplina

951.04/2

Soggetti

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - China - Wuhan Shi

Wuhan Shi (China) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P. facing t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Wuhan before the war -- Defending central China, 1938: military leadership and strategy -- The battle for Xuzhou and the defense of Wuhan -- Wuhan's refugee crisis -- Culture and the press -- Mobilizing youth -- Romantic Hankou: the international dimension.

Sommario/riassunto

During the spring of 1938, a flood of Chinese refugees displaced by the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) converged on the central Yangzi valley tricity complex of Wuhan. For ten remarkable months, in a highly charged atmosphere of carnage, heroism, and desperation, Wuhan held out against the Japanese in what would become a turning point in the war-and one that attracted international attention. Stephen MacKinnon for the first time tells the full story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture, society, and politics.