LEADER 02744nam 22006131a 450 001 9910461076903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a988-220-909-2 010 $a988-220-897-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000159984 035 $a(EBL)877744 035 $a(OCoLC)779847927 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000658364 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11378375 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658364 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10690547 035 $a(PQKB)11193886 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092913 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC877744 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18849 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL877744 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10547281 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000159984 100 $a20120420d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRemembering China from Taiwan$b[electronic resource] $edivided families and bittersweet reunions after the Chinese civil war /$fMahlon Meyer 210 $aHong Kong $cHong Kong University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a988-8083-86-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aWhen 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. 606 $aWar and families$zChina 607 $aChina$xHistory$yCivil War, 1945-1949$xRefugees 607 $aChina$xHistory$yCivil War, 1945-1949$vPersonal narratives 607 $aChina$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aTaiwan$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWar and families 676 $a325.2109510951249 676 $a951.05 700 $aMeyer$b Mahlon$01046911 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461076903321 996 $aRemembering China from Taiwan$92474181 997 $aUNINA