1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786119703321

Autore

Meyer-Fong Tobie S (Tobie Sarah)

Titolo

What remains [[electronic resource] ] : coming to terms with civil war in 19th century China / / Tobie Meyer-Fong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8559-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

951/.034

Soggetti

Collective memory - China - History

China History Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 Casualties

China History Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 Atrocities

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

War -- Words -- Marked bodies -- Bones and flesh -- Wood and ink -- Loss -- Endings.

Sommario/riassunto

The Taiping Rebellion was one of the costliest civil wars in human history. Many millions of people lost their lives. Yet while the Rebellion has been intensely studied by scholars in China and elsewhere, we still know little of how individuals coped with these cataclysmic events. Drawing upon a rich array of primary sources, What Remains explores the issues that preoccupied Chinese and Western survivors. Individuals, families, and communities grappled with fundamental questions of loyalty and loss as they struggled to rebuild shattered cities, bury the dead, and make sense of the horrors that they had witnessed. Driven by compelling accounts of raw emotion and deep injury, What Remains opens a window to a world described by survivors themselves. This book transforms our understanding of China's 19th century and recontextualizes suffering and loss in China during the 20th century.