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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789970603321

Autore

Meyer Mahlon

Titolo

Remembering China from Taiwan / / Mahlon Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2012

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2012

ISBN

988-220-909-2

988-220-897-5

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

325.2109510951249

951.05

Soggetti

War and families - China - History - 20th century

China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Personal narratives

China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Refugees Taiwan Attitudes

China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Refugees Family relationships Taiwan

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

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Degrees of Escape; 2. Mixing Memory and Desire; 3. Low Lie the Shattered Towers; 4. Overseas Connections; Conclusion: The Other Shore; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

When the Nationalists lost China in 1949, many of them left behind their families as they retreated to Taiwan. A half century later, through democratic elections, they lost control over Taiwan as well and began looking to a new and powerful China, where their relatives had grown rich, for a sense of identity and economic support, thus laying the groundwork for the growing integration between Taiwan and China. As exchanges across the Taiwan Strait increased, many separated families finally met after years of dreaming about each other in hope and in sorrow, through many eras and disast.