02407nam 22005171a 450 991081717580332120200520144314.0988-220-909-2988-220-897-5(OCoLC)814551614(MiFhGG)GVRLA07K(MiAaPQ)EBC877744(CKB)2670000000159984(EXLCZ)99267000000015998420120420d2012 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrRemembering China from Taiwan divided families and bittersweet reunions after the Chinese civil war /Mahlon Meyer1st edition.Hong Kong Hong Kong University Pressc20121 online resource (234 pages)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.988-8083-86-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWhen 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.War and familiesChinaChinaHistoryCivil War, 1945-1949RefugeesChinaHistoryCivil War, 1945-1949Personal narrativesChinaEmigration and immigrationHistory20th centuryTaiwanEmigration and immigrationHistory20th centuryWar and families325.2109510951249951.05Meyer Mahlon1674424MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817175803321Remembering China from Taiwan4039217UNINA